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Toxicology Nursing

 

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Toxicology Nurses work with patients or with healthcare providers to patients who have experienced a toxic or poisonous exposure. Often, these nurses will follow the progress of these patients to assist in evaluating diagnostic tests, and clinical, laboratory, and EKG findings. They are also responsible for disseminating poison prevention education. Toxicology nurses must be calm under pressure, as they may be called upon to ease fearful patients in emergency situations while at the same time providing treatment advice and/or possibly evaluating a patient's vocal quality and degree of cough.

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Woonsocket, RI
RN; Nursing Anesthesia

Most people don’t realize that nurses administer two-thirds of anesthesia and that anesthesia is a very interesting career path that carries with it a high degree of responsibility ...

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RELEVANT LINKS

Description:

Telephone Triage Nursing

Telephone Triage or Advice Nursing

Articles:

Learning the Signs of Pediatric Poisoning

Over-the-Counter Drug Abuse

Life Line

Devices and Technology

Poison Center

Organizations:

American Association of Poison Control Centers

American Board of Applied Toxicology

 

 

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