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    Sep 17, 2015, 12:10 PM
    Nursing Head Nurse
    When ask who was head nurse was at the hospital. They told me contact
    Practice Manager is that the new name for "Head Nurse" or is this person over the nurses??
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    Sep 17, 2015, 02:49 PM
    We don't use the term "head nurse" any longer. The new term is "charge nurse." Never heard of "practice manager," typically the person above the charge nurse is the House Supervisor. Ther terms, though, would be facility specific and be different from one hospital to another.
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    Sep 17, 2015, 03:25 PM
    Wonderful information thanks

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