A charge nurse is typically the person in charge of a shift on a unit.
A Charge Nurse is over Staff Nurses. A Nurse Supervisor or Nurse Manager is over all Charge Nurses and Staff Nurses.
A charge nurse is kind of like a leader over a group or section at a hospital. A charge nurse is responsible for supervising, creating a schedule, planning a budget and making sure inventory is stocked as needed.
I went to Indeed.com. According to their website there are 304 charge nurse jobs available in Indiana.
Head nurse
a matron/ head nurse
managing $administration power
nurse
CN means charge nurse.
As a nurse whether newly graduated or not you should be working with the HCA not for them. You are the one in authority, in charge with the responsibility, or should be so exert your self and do your job take charge.
That would depend on what type of nurse they are, what hospital they work in, if they are a pool type of nurse or charge nurse, and how long they have been a nurse or at a particular facility. I'm sure there are even more factors before you can have this answered.
A Registered Nurse can transcribe medication orders to a Medication or Treatment Chart, with care to transcribe it exactly. HOWEVER, this duty often falls to a Charge Nurse.
Charge nurses typically have an annual salary of about 73,500 dollars. About fifty percent of charge nurses get paid between 66,700 dollars and 82,200 dollars.