1. EXPANDED ROLES OF NURSES

2. SCHOOL HEALTH NURSE HELPS IN PROMOTING EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS BY PROMOTING HEALTH. INTERVENE ACTUAL AND POTENTIAL HEALTH PROBLEMS. PROVIDE CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES. ACTIVELY COLLABORATE WITH OTHERS TO BUILD STUDENT AND FAMILY CAPACITY FOR ADAPTATION. SELF-MANAGEMENT, SELF-ADVOCACY AND LEARNING. IMPLEMENTATION OF SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES. COLLABORATES WITH PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS, SPECIALISTS AND LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCIES.

3. OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSE OBSERVES AND ASSESS THE WORKERS’ HEALTH WITH RESPECT TO JOB. HAVE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT WORKPLACE HAZARDS. HAVE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT TOXICOLOGY EPIDEMIOLOGY

4. PRIVATE DUTY NURSE 1.PRIVATE DUTY NURSES OFFER THEIR SPECIALIZED SERVICES TO PATIENTS OF ALL AGES FOR VARIOUS TIMEFRAMES SO THAT THEY CAN RESTORE THEIR INDEPENDENCE AND LIVE ACTIVE, SAFE LIVES. 2.THE FIELD OF NURSING CAN TAKE NURSES TO A VARIETY OF LOCATIONS SUCH AS CLINICS AND HOSPITALS. 3.SOME NURSES ARE MORE PORTABLE, AND THEY PROVIDE SERVICES IN THE HOMES OF PATIENTS, ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES, AND NURSING HOMES. 4.PRIVATE DUTY NURSES PROVIDE A VARIETY OF SERVICES TO PATIENTS, INCLUDING COMPANIONSHIP AND BATHING. 5.MONITORING MEDICAL STATUS CHANGES OF PATIENTS 6.COOKING FOR PATIENTS

5. PRIVATE DUTY NURSE 7. CLEANING FOR PATIENTS 8. HOMEMAKING SERVICES 9. PROVIDING VARIOUS OTHER DAILY LIVING ACTIVITIES 10. PRIVATE DUTY NURSES PROVIDE SERVICES TO PATIENTS THAT NEED IN-HOME MONITORING, THOSE WHO REQUIRE ADJUSTMENTS TO TREATMENT REGIMENS OFTEN, AND PATIENTS WITH MEDICAL CONDITIONS THAT REQUIRE FREQUENT ASSESSMENTS AND CARE PLAN CHANGES. 11. PRIVATE DUTY NURSES HAVE SEVERAL GOALS THAT INCLUDE PREVENTING MEDICAL COMPLICATIONS THAT COULD RESULT IN FACILITY PLACEMENT, PROVIDING MEDICALLY NECESSARY NURSING CARE TO PATIENTS IN THEIR HOMES, PROVIDING CARE FOR PATIENTS TRANSITIONING TO IN-HOME CARE, AND ASSESSING, PROVIDING, AND MONITORING PROFESSIONAL CARE FOR PATIENTS BY THE HOUR. [HTTP://WWW.REGISTEREDNURSERN.COM/PRIVATE-DUTY-NURSING-PRIVATE-DUTY-NURSE-JOB- DESCRIPTION/]

6. HOME CARE NURSE HOME CARE NURSES PROVIDE MEDICAL AND PERSONAL CARE TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CHRONICALLY ILL, DISABLED OR SUFFERING FROM COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENTS. THEY TYPICALLY WORK FOR SENIOR CITIZENS WHO WANT TO REMAIN AT HOME BUT NEED ASSISTANCE WITH DRESSING, BATHING AND HOUSEWORK. HOME CARE NURSES ADMINISTER MEDICATION, MONITOR VITAL SIGNS AND EDUCATE PATIENTS ON HEALTH CARE. THEY ARE REGISTERED NURSES, BUT SOME AGENCIES ALLOW LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES TO WORK FOR IN-HOME PATIENTS.

7. HOSPICE CARE THE CARE IS FOCUSES ON THE PALLIATION OF TERMINALLY PATIENTS. HOSPICE CARE MAY TAKE PLACE IN A HOSPICE INSTITUTION OR THE PATIENT’S HOME – FREQUENTLY BOTH. IT’S BASED ON THE BELIEF THAT EVERY PERSON WHO IS TERMINALLY ILL OR INJURED HAS THE RIGHT TO DIE WITH DIGNITY AND WITHOUT PAIN, AND THAT THE PATIENT’S FAMILY ALSO DESERVES COMPASSIONATE CARE AND SUPPORT. EACH HOSPICE PATIENT IS CARED FOR BY A TEAM OF PROFESSIONALS WHO PROVIDE MEDICAL CARE, PAIN MANAGEMENT, AND EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL SUPPORT TAILORED TO THE PATIENT’S WISHES.

8. REHABILITATION NURSE REGISTERED NURSES HAVE MANY CAREER OPTIONS, INCLUDING THE SPECIALTY OF REHABILITATION NURSING. SPORTS INJURIES, STROKES, AND CHRONIC DISEASES, SUCH AS RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, MAY ALL REQUIRE REHABILITATION SERVICES.

9. NURSE EPIDEMIOLOGIST A NURSE EPIDEMIOLOGIST IS A NURSING PROFESSIONAL WHO FOCUSES ON MAKING SURE THAT PATIENTS RECEIVE OPTIMAL CARE, BUT WHO ALSO REDUCE OVERALL INFECTION RISKS AND FOCUS ON PREVENTION MEASURES AS WELL AS ON INFECTION CONTROL AND DIRECT PATIENT NURSING. SPECIFIC JOB DUTIES MAY INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: 1.EXAMINE PATIENTS AND DETERMINE POTENTIAL PRESENCE OF INFECTION 2.ASSESS RISK FACTORS WITHIN A PATIENT, A FACILITY, OR EVEN A POPULATION 3.IDENTIFY AREAS THAT NEED TO BE MODIFIED FOR BETTER INFECTION CONTROL 4.MONITOR PATIENT CARE TO ENSURE INFECTION ISN'T TRANSMITTED THROUGHOUT THE POPULATION 5.WORK TO DEVELOP POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT CAN HELP REDUCE INFECTIONS AND CONTROL DISEASE 6.CONSULT WITH OTHER MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AND POLICY MAKERS TO HELP REDUCE INFECTION RISK AND PROMOTE BETTER OVERALL HEALTH 7.THEIR WORK IS FOCUSED ON BOOSTING OVERALL PUBLIC HEALTH, AND WHILE THEY CAN TREAT INDIVIDUAL PATIENTS THEY PRIMARILY HELP TO PROTECT OTHERS FROM CONTRACTING INFECTIOUS DISEASES – INCLUDING THEIR OWN COWORKERS.

10. MILITARY NURSE THE MOST EXTREME WORK ENVIRONMENT FOR A MILITARY NURSE IS IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ACTIVE WAR ZONE WHERE THEY ARE SET UP TO PROVIDE IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ATTENTION TO SOLDIERS WHO ARE WOUNDED IN BATTLE. MILITARY NURSES ALSO FIND EMPLOYMENT IN MILITARY HOSPITALS AND VETERANS HOSPITALS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. A MILITARY NURSE IS TRAINED TO PERFORM ALL OF THE TYPICAL DUTIES OF A REGISTERED NURSE, INCLUDING TREATMENT OF WOUNDS, DIAGNOSIS OF SYMPTOMS, PAIN MANAGEMENT, ADMINISTERING MEDICINE, ASSISTING IN SURGICAL PROCEDURES, CHECKING VITAL SINGS AND PROVIDING MEDICAL ADVICE TO PATIENTS.

11. AEROSPACE NURSE AEROSPACE FLIGHT NURSING IS CONCERNED WITH AIR EVACUATION/TRANSPORT OF CRITICALLY-ILL AND ACUTELY INJURED PATIENTS IN MILITARY AND CIVILIAN SETTINGS. SPECIALIZED TRAINING IS NEEDED SINCE THE SITES OF EVACUATION, VARIABLE STABILITY OF THE PATIENTS, AND THE LIMITATIONS OF TRANSPORT CARE PRESENT CHALLENGES. FLIGHT NURSES ARE INVOLVED IN MANY PHASES OF MEDICAL LAUNCH SUPPORT FOR THE SPACE PROGRAM, AS WELL. MEDICAL CERTIFICATION, POST-LANDING ASSESSMENT, AND EMERGENCY PROCEDURES PLANNING AND EXECUTION, REPRESENT ONLY A FEW OF THE FUNCTIONS FOR WHICH THEIR EXPERTISE IS ESSENTIAL. THEY ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO THE ACTIVITIES OF HYPERBARIC SUPPORT FOR WOUND CARE, TOXIC EXPOSURES, AND DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS IN DIVING AND FLYING COMMUNITIES. [HTTPS://WWW.ASMA.ORG/ABOUT-ASMA/CAREERS/AEROSPACE-NURSING]

12. TELEMETRY NURSE TELEMETRY NURSES WORK WITH PATIENTS THAT REQUIRE SPECIAL MONITORING, INCLUDING THOSE RECENTLY RELEASED FROM THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT OF A HOSPITAL. THE PATIENTS THEY WORK WITH ARE OFTEN AT HIGH RISK FOR COMPLICATIONS, SO RNS IN A TELEMETRY UNIT MUST CAREFULLY REVIEW EQUIPMENT AND DATA TO DETECT POTENTIAL SYMPTOMS OF DISTRESS OR DANGER. A CAREER AS A TELEMETRY NURSE REQUIRES ADVANCED MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE, TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, COMPASSION AND STRONG INTERPERSONAL SKILLS TO CARE FOR PATIENTS WHO MAY HAVE LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS. IN THE TELEMETRY UNIT OF A HOSPITAL, PATIENTS ARE OFTEN IN CRITICAL CONDITION AND NEED CONSTANT MONITORING AND CARE.

13. TELEMETRY NURSES REVIEW DATA FROM SPECIAL EQUIPMENT TO TRACK A PATIENT’S HEART RATE, BLOOD PRESSURE, BREATHING AND OTHER VITALS. THEY ALSO CARRY OUT MORE TRADITIONAL NURSING DUTIES SUCH AS ADMINISTERING MEDICATIONS AND COMMUNICATING WITH PATIENTS REGARDING THEIR CONDITION. SINCE MOST OF THE PATIENTS IN A TELEMETRY UNIT HAVE SUFFERED HEART ATTACKS OR ARE RECOVERING FROM CARDIAC SURGERY, SOME RNS SPECIALIZE IN CARDIAC TELEMETRY AND ARE PROFICIENT IN THE USE OF ELECTROCARDIOGRAM EQUIPMENT. A TELEMETRY UNIT MAY ALSO BE USED TO MONITOR PATIENTS WITH SLEEP DISORDERS OR NEUROLOGICAL ISSUES, SUCH AS EPILEPSY. SINCE CONSTANT MONITORING IS REQUIRED FOR PATIENTS WITHIN A TELEMETRY UNIT, HOSPITALS NEED TO HAVE TELEMETRY RNS ON DUTY 24/7. THESE NURSES OFTEN WORK LONG SHIFTS, INCLUDING NIGHTS, WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS.

14. DISASTER NURSING ‘DISASTER’ ALPHABETICALLY MEANS: D - DESTRUCTIONS I - INCIDENTS S - SUFFERINGS A - ADMINISTRATIVE, FINANCIAL FAILURES. S - SENTIMENTS T - TRAGEDIES E - ERUPTION OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES. R - RESEARCH PROGRAMME AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION

15. ROLE OF NURSE ADMINISTRATOR IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT PRESERVING OPEN LINES OF COMMUNICATION ENSURING QUALITY PATIENT CARE PROVIDING CURRENT EDUCATION INFLUENCING POLICY AND FINANCIAL DECISIONS PROVIDING SECURITY FOR STAFF, PATIENTS, AND FAMILIES

16. FORENSIC NURSE A FORENSIC NURSE PROVIDES TREATMENT AND SUPPORT TO VICTIMS OF ASSAULT AND OTHER CRIMES, AS WELL AS PROVIDING TESTIMONY ON THEIR BEHALF. FORENSIC NURSES ARE REGISTERED NURSES WHO ARE INVOLVED IN EVERY STAGE OF THE RESPONSE TO A CRIME OF RAPE, ASSAULT OR BATTERY. THIS RANGES FROM ASSESSING THE VICTIM AND PRESERVING EVIDENCE TO PROVIDING TREATMENT TO TESTIFYING IN ANY POTENTIAL LEGAL PROCEEDINGS. THE EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND OF A FORENSIC NURSE IS GENERALLY BROAD, TO ENCOMPASS ALL OF THE POTENTIAL TASKS DISCUSSED BELOW THE TABLE. [HTTP://LEARN.ORG/ARTICLES/WHAT_ARE_THE_JOB_DUTIES_FOR_A_FORENSIC_NURSE.HTML] *** “EXPANDED ROLE OF NURSE MEANS ENLARGEMENT OF NURSING WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF NURSING. EXPANDED ROLE OF NURSE IS THE RESPONSIBILITY ASSUMED BY THE NURSE WITHIN THE FIELD OF PRACTICE.”