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| Nurses account for a majority of the healthcare staff. | | | | patients – for e.g. patients with HIV/ AIDS are |
| Registered Nurses are basically a health care expert | | | | treated by nurses meant for treating HIV and AIDS. |
| and responsible for employing the nursing practice in | | | | Addiction nurses treat patients with material abuse |
| concert with other health care experts. These | | | | troubles. |
| registered nurses often work as enduring advocates | | | | Work relating to body organ or system – |
| for the recovery and care of the ailing and the | | | | nephrology nurses do care for patients having kidney |
| preservation of their health. In their quest for working | | | | disease and patients with disorders like asthma are |
| as a promoter for the recovery of the unwell, | | | | treated by respiratory nurses. |
| registered nurses utilize the nursing methods to plan, | | | | Work by population - Nurses working in schools care |
| assess, execute and assess nursing care of the | | | | for school children and adolescents and geriatric |
| injured and sick. Registered nurses do have more | | | | nurses care for the senior and elderly patients. |
| training and expertise than practical nurses owning | | | | Registered nurses also work in different specialties |
| license. | | | | divisions – for e.g. pediatrics (care of children or |
| Definition and Nature of the work | | | | adolescents having cancer) and cardiac emergency |
| Registered nurses (RNs) act to support good health | | | | (care of patients having heart problems while in |
| and put off sickness. They teach patients and the | | | | emergency hospital rooms) |
| general public about different medical conditions, take | | | | Duties of Registered Nurses |
| care of patients and aid in their rehabilitation. They also | | | | The duties in general of a Registered nurse-practitioner |
| provide emotional assistance to patients’ families | | | | include the taking and conducting of physical exams; |
| and give considerable advice. Registered nurses use | | | | identifying and treatment of common illnesses as well |
| substantial judgment in providing a different array of | | | | as injuries; management of high blood pressure; giving |
| services. Many registered nurses perform general duty | | | | immunizations; treatment of diabetes or other chronic |
| services, and concentrate on the overall care for | | | | diseases; interpreting X-rays as also other laboratory |
| patients. They perform the work of administering | | | | tests and moreover guiding patients on healthy |
| medications under the strict supervision of the | | | | lifestyles. |
| practitioners and maintain records of patients’ | | | | Registered nurse Anesthetists who are certified |
| symptoms as well as progress. General-duty nurses, | | | | receive special guidance for the usage of anesthetics |
| besides these tasks, also supervise nursing aides and | | | | that produce a condition of painlessness and |
| licensed practical nurses. | | | | unconsciousness. Many are trained to administer |
| Registered nurses specialize in | | | | anesthetics in hospital delivery rooms, dental clinics or |
| Work setting or the kind of treatment – some | | | | emergency rooms. Some help to take care of patients |
| critical care nurses do their RN jobs in intensive care | | | | for recovery from anesthesia. |
| divisions, whereas psychiatric nurses do treat patients | | | | |