How do they match: Acute Care Nurses

  • 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.

  • Administer blood and blood product transfusions or intravenous infusions, monitoring patients for adverse reactions.
  • Assess the impact of illnesses or injuries on patients' health, function, growth, development, nutrition, sleep, rest, quality of life, or family, social and educational relationships.
  • Perform administrative duties that facilitate admission, transfer, or discharge of patients.
  • Provide formal and informal education to other staff members.

  • Administer anesthetics or sedatives to control pain.
  • Administer blood or other fluids intravenously.