How do they match: Critical Care Nurses

  • Critical Care Nurses

  • Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurse
  • Certified Critical Care Nurse
  • Critical Care Nurse
  • Critical Care Nurse Practitioner
  • Critical Care Nurse Specialist
  • Critical Care Registered Nurse
  • Critical Care Unit Nurse
  • Critical Care Unit Registered Nurse
  • ICU Critical Care NP
  • Intensive Care RN
  • Intensive Care Registered Nurse
  • Intensive Care Unit Critical Care Nurse Practitioner
  • Intensive Care Unit Nurse
  • Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurse
  • Intensive Care Unit Travel Registered Nurse
  • Neonatal Critical Care Nurse
  • Neonatal Intensive Care Nurse
  • Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurse
  • Neuro Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurse
  • Newborn Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurse
  • Pediatric Critical Care Nurse
  • Pediatric Critical Care Nurse Practitioner
  • Pediatric Intensive Care Registered Nurse
  • Progressive Care Nurse

  • Provide specialized nursing care for patients in critical or coronary care units.

  • Administer blood and blood products, monitoring patients for signs and symptoms related to transfusion reactions.
  • Advocate for patients' and families' needs, or provide emotional support for patients and their families.
  • Assess patients' pain levels or sedation requirements.
  • Assess patients' psychosocial status and needs, including areas such as sleep patterns, anxiety, grief, anger, and support systems.
  • Collaborate with other health care professionals to develop and revise treatment plans, based on identified needs and assessment data.
  • Coordinate patient care conferences.
  • Document patients' medical histories and assessment findings.
  • Document patients' treatment plans, interventions, outcomes, or plan revisions.
  • Evaluate patients' vital signs or laboratory data to determine emergency intervention needs.
  • Identify patients at risk of complications due to nutritional status.
  • Identify patients' age-specific needs and alter care plans as necessary to meet those needs.
  • Monitor patients for changes in status and indications of conditions such as sepsis or shock and institute appropriate interventions.
  • Monitor patients' fluid intake and output to detect emerging problems, such as fluid and electrolyte imbalances.
  • Perform approved therapeutic or diagnostic procedures, based upon patients' clinical status.
  • Plan, provide, or evaluate educational programs for nursing staff, interdisciplinary health care team members, or community members.
  • Prioritize nursing care for assigned critically ill patients, based on assessment data or identified needs.
  • Provide post-mortem care.

  • Assess patient work, living, or social environments.
  • Collect biological specimens from patients.
  • Evaluate patient functioning, capabilities, or health.
  • Interact with patients to build rapport or provide emotional support.
  • Monitor patient conditions during treatments, procedures, or activities.
  • Monitor patient progress or responses to treatments.
  • Record patient medical histories.
  • Supervise patient care personnel.
  • Test patient heart or lung functioning.