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Acute Care Nurses

SOC 29-1141.01

Provide advanced nursing care for patients with acute conditions such as heart attacks, respiratory distress syndrome, or shock. May care for pre- and post-operative patients or perform advanced, invasive diagnostic or therapeutic procedures.

Zone 3 Healthcare Practitioners and Technical

Skills

Knowledge

Job Zone

Green

Top Skills 8

Reading Comprehension

4.0

Active Listening

4.0

Speaking

4.0

Critical Thinking

4.0

Monitoring

4.0

Social Perceptiveness

4.0

Service Orientation

4.0

Active Learning

3.8

Knowledge Areas 8

Medicine and Dentistry

4.6

Customer and Personal Service

4.4

English Language

4.3

Education and Training

4.1

Psychology

4.1

Therapy and Counseling

3.9

Mathematics

3.4

Biology

3.3

Key Tasks

1Perform emergency medical procedures, such as basic cardiac life support (BLS), advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), and other condition stabilizing interventions.

2Manage patients' pain relief and sedation by providing pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions, monitoring patients' responses, and changing care plans accordingly.

3Document data related to patients' care including assessment results, interventions, medications, patient responses, or treatment changes.

4Diagnose acute or chronic conditions that could result in rapid physiological deterioration or life-threatening instability.

5Administer blood and blood product transfusions or intravenous infusions, monitoring patients for adverse reactions.

Also Known As

Acute Care Nurse Admission Nurse Admission Nurse Coordinator Care Transitions Manager Care Transitions Nurse Charge Nurse Charge Nurse, Cardiac Interventional Care Chronic Condition Nurse Clinical Educator Clinical Nurse Educator