Being able to diagnose and treat patients is an important feature that distinguishes practical nurse from bedside nurses. Practical nurse can work in a clinic or a hospital to treat ordinary patients with various medical problems, and can also treat specialist patients in a specialist clinic such as a heart clinic or a diabetes clinic. Practical nurse works in a hospital, and often has to make rounds, make doctor's orders, reply to paging, exchange consultations, and follow up the test results of patients.
Why do hospitals need practical nurse? Because practical nurse can bring extra nursing skills to patients, such as disease prevention consultation, health education and health promotion activities, they spend more time communicating with patients than doctors. Of course, doctors always provide the first major for the diagnosis and treatment of patients.