Skills:
Scheduling appts. and greeting visitors, Composing/ Transribing dictated letters, Completion and submission of insurance forms, sorting, handling mail, pt. charts typed up, medical records filing ,updating, recording-keeping, accounts receivable/payable, assiting during physical examinations, mantaining treatment rooms, sterilizing instruments, performing ECG's, performing phlebotomy,taking vitals (blood-pressure, pulse, temperature, and respiration). Measuring statistics. Recording intake and output, height, and weightHelping patients with ADLs (activities of daily living) for which they need assistance, such as bathing, combing hair, brushing teeth, shaving, putting on stockings and/or slippers, dressing, ambulation, and toileting.Observation and reporting. Observing the patient and surroundings assists the nurse to assess the progress of the patient as well as any needs the patient might have for medical intervention.