Infusion Nurse | Johnson & Johnson Nursing

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Share: Facebook Tweet LinkedIn Required education ADN or BSN ATTRIBUTES Independent Work on your own or even start your own practice. Patient-facing Work hands-on, directly with patients. Structured Follow a routine that allows you to anticipate and prepare for every situation. Varied Take on different tasks, patients, and situations every day. You’ll be skilled in pharmacology, laboratory tests, and telemetry, and bring a steady hand and lots of patience to monitor patients through infusion therapy. What you’ll do

Education

You’ll teach intravenous access and periphery central line insertion, and you’ll educate patients and their families on site, tubing and catheter management.

Infusions

You’ll perform blood transfusions, antibiotic infusions, steroid infusions, electrolyte infusions, vitamin infusions and more.

Treatment

You’ll administer medications and fluid therapy, monitor patients IV and medications and develop care plans.

Assessment

You’ll prevent and control infection by keeping a close eye on the insertion area.

Where you’ll work

• Ambulatory infusions centers
• Hospitals
• Infusion centers
• Long-term care centers
• Nursing homes
• Patients’ homes

How to become an Infusion Nurse

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Get an Associate’s Degree in Nursing (ADN) or Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).

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Pass the NCLEX-RN.

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Work as a Registered Nurse, gaining at least 1,600 hours in an infusion-related field.

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Pass your Certified Registered Nurse Infusion exam through the Infusion Nurses Society.

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You’re ready to work as an Infusion Nurse.

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