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.

  • 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.
  • Assess urgent and emergent health conditions, using both physiologically and technologically derived data.
  • Assist patients in organizing their health care system activities.
  • Collaborate with members of multidisciplinary health care teams to plan, manage, or assess patient treatments.
  • Collaborate with patients to plan for future health care needs or to coordinate transitions and referrals.
  • Document data related to patients' care, including assessment results, interventions, medications, patient responses, or treatment changes.
  • Order, perform, or interpret the results of diagnostic tests and screening procedures based on assessment results, differential diagnoses, and knowledge about age, gender and health status of clients.
  • Perform emergency medical procedures, such as basic cardiac life support (BLS), advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), and other condition-stabilizing interventions.
  • Prescribe medications and observe patients' reactions, modifying prescriptions as needed.

  • Advise patients on healthcare system processes.
  • Collaborate with healthcare professionals to plan or provide treatment.
  • Communicate detailed medical information to patients or family members.
  • Diagnose medical conditions.
  • Evaluate patient functioning, capabilities, or health.
  • Evaluate treatment options to guide medical decisions.
  • Maintain medical or professional knowledge.
  • Operate diagnostic or therapeutic medical instruments or equipment.
  • Order medical diagnostic or clinical tests.
  • Prepare medical supplies or equipment for use.
  • Prescribe medications.
  • Process healthcare paperwork.
  • Record patient medical histories.
  • Refer patients to other healthcare practitioners or health resources.
  • Train medical providers.
  • Treat medical emergencies.