Description
The US Army Medical Surgical Nurse Officer provides professional nursing care and health promotion in military health treatment organizations and in the broader military community. Responsibilities may span ambulatory, medical-surgical, emergency, and critical care nursing.
Core Skills
- medical-surgical nursing care
- patient assessment and monitoring
- care planning and coordination
- medication administration and safety
- clinical documentation
- infection control and patient safety
- interdisciplinary collaboration
- staff supervision and precepting
- patient and family education
- triage and emergency response
- quality improvement participation
- workload and resource management
- policy and protocol implementation
Common Certifications
- Registered Nurse (RN) License
- Basic Life Support (BLS)
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
- Certified Medical-Surgical Registered Nurse (CMSRN)
- Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC)
- HIPAA Compliance Training
Civilian Career Paths
- NURSING
- EMERGENCY MEDICINE
- CLINICAL TECHNICIAN
- PROJECT MANAGEMENT
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