Angela Bowick Russell, RN, a Registered Nurse with South Carolina Department of Social Services
Get to know Registered Nurse Angela Bowick Russell, who serves patients in South Carolina.
Angela is a registered nurse.. She works at the South Carolina Department of Social Services within the Pee Dee region. She is a Regional Nurse who coordinates and oversees the well-child visits and health needs of foster children and manages medically complex youths foster children of the Pee Dee Region in South Carolina.
The Department’s mission is to serve South Carolina by promoting the safety, permanency, and well-being of children and vulnerable adults, helping individuals achieve stability and strengthening families.
Earning her nursing degree from Randolph Community College in 1996, Angela attributes her success to knowing that if she helps just one person, then she has done her job.
A Registered Nurse (RN) is a nurse who has graduated from a nursing program and met the requirements outlined by a country, state, province or similar licensing body to obtain a nursing license. RNs fulfill a variety of job duties. In addition to their primary role in treating and caring for patients, their responsibilities also include educating patients and the public about a variety of medical conditions, as well as providing emotional support and advice to the families of their patients. Other RN job functions include leadership, research, performing diagnostic tests and analyzing results, operating medical equipment, administering medications, recording patients’ symptoms and medical histories, and assisting with patient rehabilitation and follow-up.