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RESPONSIBILITIES OF MCN
Prepared by
ARACELI FLORES SURAT,MAN
NCM 107 Instructor
8 Roles and responsibilities of
MCN
1. CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST
2. CASE MANAGER
3. NURSE PRACTITIONER
4. WOMENS’S HEALTH NURSE PRACTITIONER
5. PEDIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONER
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6. NEONATAL NURSE PRACTITIONER
7. FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER
8. CERTIFIED NURSE-MIDWIFE
Clinical nurse practioner
Nurses prepared at the master’s or doctorate degree
level
Act as consultants in their area of expertise
Serve as role models, researchers, teachers of quality
nursing care
Could be an instrumental in helping a primary nurse
organize care of infants and meeting with the parents to
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help them accept what is happening
Neonatal nurse specialists
manage the care of infants at birth and at intensive care
settings
provide follow-up care to ensure that the newborn is well
Childbirth educators
teach families about normal birth
Teach how to prepare for labor and births.
Lactation consultants
educate women about breastfeeding a
provide support while they learn how to do it.
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Genetic nurse counselors
consult with families about patterns of inheritance
offer support to families with a child who has inherited
genetic disorder
Case manager
A graduate level nurse
Supervises a group of patiets from the time they
enter a health care setting until they are discharged
from the sering
Monitor the effectiveness, cost and satisfaction of
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their health care
They help prevent fragmentation of care
Ensure that continuity of care and feeling of
medical hone are included in care
Nurse Practitioner
Nurses educated at the master’s or doctoral degree
Recent advances in technology and research
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practice expertise integrated with the ability to
translate scientific knowledge into complex clinical
interventions.
Women’s health nurse practitioner
Has advanced study in the promotion of health and
prevention of illness in women.
Educate women about their bodies aaaand sharing
them methods to prevent illness
They care for women with illnesses such as STI
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Counsel women about reproductive life planning
Help women to remain well so that they enter
pregnancy in good health and maintain their health
throughout life.
Pediatric nurse practitioner
Is a nurse prepared with extensive skills in physical
assessment, interviewing and well child counselling and care.
Adminster any immunizations needed
Offers anticipatory guidance
Arranges a return appointment for the next well-child check-
up
If the child has common illness(IDA):
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Orders necessary laboratory tests
Prescribed appropriate drugs for therapy
o If the hild has major illness
Consult to a pediatrician
Neonatal nurse practioner
Is an advanced practice role for nurses who are skilled
in the care of newborns both well and ill.
May work in level 1, 2 and 3 newborn nurseries,
neonatal follow-up clinics or physician groups.
Responsibilities:
Managing and caring for newborns in intensivee care
unit
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Conduting normal newborn assessments and physical
examinations
Providing high-risk follow-up discharge planning
Trandporting ill infants to different care settings
Family nurse practitioner
Is an advanced practice role that provides health care not
only to women and children but also to the family as a
whole.
Can provide prenatalcare for women with uncomplicated
pregnancy
Takes the health and pregnancy history
Performs physical and obstetric examinations
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Orders appropriate diagnostic and laboratory tests
Plans continued care throughout pregnancy and for the
family
Monitor the family to promote health and optimal family
functioning during health aand illness
Certified nurse-midwife
Is an individual educated in two disciplines of nursing
and midwifery
licensed according to the requirements
Assisting women with pregnancy and childbearing
Assumes fullresponsibility for the care and management
of women with uncomplicated pregnancies
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Makes birth an unforgetable family event
Helps to ensure a healthy outcome for both mother and
child.