How do they match: Acute Care Nurses

  • Care Transitions Manager
  • Nurse Manager
  • Progressive Care Manager

  • 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.

  • Manage patients' pain relief and sedation by providing pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions, monitoring patients' responses, and changing care plans accordingly.
  • Collaborate with members of multidisciplinary health care teams to plan, manage, or assess patient treatments.
  • Perform emergency medical procedures, such as basic cardiac life support (BLS), advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), and other condition-stabilizing interventions.

  • Advise patients on healthcare system processes.