description
Diagnose and treat acute, episodic, or chronic illness, independently or as part of a healthcare team. May focus on health promotion and disease prevention. May order, perform, or interpret diagnostic tests such as lab work and x rays. May prescribe medication. Must be registered nurses who have specialized graduate education.
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details
Currently Employed:
860
Projected Annual Job Openings:
90
Typical Hourly Wage:
$52.61 - $66.52
Typical Annual Salary:
$109,430 - $138,360
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typical training
Typical education needed for entry:
Master's degree
Typical work experience needed for a job in this occupation:
No work experience
Typical on-the-job training once you have a job in this occupation:
No on-the-job training
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typical job duties
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Maintain complete and detailed records of patients' health care plans and prognoses.
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Develop treatment plans, based on scientific rationale, standards of care, and professional practice guidelines.
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Provide patients with information needed to promote health, reduce risk factors, or prevent disease or disability.
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Analyze and interpret patients' histories, symptoms, physical findings, or diagnostic information to develop appropriate diagnoses.
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Diagnose or treat complex, unstable, comorbid, episodic, or emergency conditions in collaboration with other health care providers as necessary.
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Prescribe medication dosages, routes, and frequencies, based on such patient characteristics as age and gender.
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Prescribe medications based on efficacy, safety, and cost as legally authorized.
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Diagnose or treat chronic health care problems, such as high blood pressure and diabetes.
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Recommend diagnostic or therapeutic interventions with attention to safety, cost, invasiveness, simplicity, acceptability, adherence, and efficacy.
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Detect and respond to adverse drug reactions, with special attention to vulnerable populations such as infants, children, pregnant and lactating women, or older adults.
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tools & technology
Tools:
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Cardiac output CO monitoring units
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Cardiac pacemaker generators or cardiac resynchronization therapy pacemakers CRT-P
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Diagnostic or interventional vascular catheters for general use
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Medical or surgical suction or vacuum appliances
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Surgical lasers
Technology:
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Cloud-based data access and sharing software
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Data base user interface and query software
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Electronic mail software
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Internet browser software
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Medical software
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network.
