what is a bedside nurse?

[smartnurse1982]

who is consider a bedside nurse? is private duty nursing bedside care? is working at a doctor's office considered bedside care?correctional nursing?ltc?

Or for that matter could it be considered acute care if the clients have vents,trachs, Ivs, gt, and tpn with pdn?

[Tweety, BSN, RN]

When I hear the expression "bedside", I include acute care in all areas of the hospital.

I wouldn't necessarily include Dr's offices or correctional nurses. Although many large jails have an infirmary, so I guess that's bedside nursing too.

Basically bedside nurses are those with hands on care, as opposed to those with jobs in education, management, etc.

Just my opinion.

[suzanne4, RN]

Bedside nursing is taking care of the patient when they are in a bed, usually in a hospital. You would be providing all services that a patient would need, and I mean everything. It can be in different specialties such as critical care or med/surg, etc.

Private duty nursing can include bedside nursing, but not always the case.

Working in a clinic is not bedside nursing, nor is working in corrections in most cases.