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29-1141.01 - Acute Care Nurses

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Prescribe medications and observe patients' reactions, modifying prescriptions as needed.

29-1151.00	Nurse Anesthetists Bright Outlook 5 closely related tasks Select, order, or administer anesthetics, adjuvant drugs, accessory drugs, fluids or blood products as necessary. Monitor patients' responses, including skin color, pupil dilation, pulse, heart rate, blood pressure, respiration, ventilation, or urine output, using invasive and noninvasive techniques. Select, order, or administer pre-anesthetic medications. Evaluate patients' post-surgical or post-anesthesia responses, taking appropriate corrective actions or requesting consultation if complications occur. Select and prescribe post-anesthesia medications or treatments to patients.
29-1171.00	Nurse Practitioners 3 closely related tasks Prescribe medications based on efficacy, safety, and cost as legally authorized. Prescribe medication dosages, routes, and frequencies, based on such patient characteristics as age and gender. Detect and respond to adverse drug reactions, with special attention to vulnerable populations such as infants, children, pregnant and lactating women, or older adults.
29-1141.00	Registered Nurses 3 closely related tasks Administer medications to patients and monitor patients for reactions or side effects. Monitor, record, and report symptoms or changes in patients' conditions. Prescribe or recommend drugs, medical devices, or other forms of treatment, such as physical therapy, inhalation therapy, or related therapeutic procedures.
29-1141.03	Critical Care Nurses 2 closely related tasks Monitor patients for changes in status and indications of conditions such as sepsis or shock and institute appropriate interventions. Administer blood and blood products, monitoring patients for signs and symptoms related to transfusion reactions.
29-1214.00	Emergency Medicine Physicians 2 closely related tasks Monitor patients' conditions and reevaluate treatments as necessary. Select and prescribe medications to address patient needs.