Health Sciences
Provide advanced nursing care for patients with acute conditions such as heart attacks, respiratory distress syndrome, or shock.
Acute Care Nurses
Average
$67,490
ANNUAL
$32.45
HOURLY
Entry Level
$51,110
ANNUAL
$24.57
HOURLY
Mid Level
$65,000
ANNUAL
$31.25
HOURLY
Expert Level
$88,310
ANNUAL
$42.46
HOURLY
Acute Care Nurses
77,260
Projected job openings through 2028
Acute Care Nurses
Degree Recommendations
Acute Care Nurses
01
Perform emergency medical procedures, such as basic cardiac life support (BLS), advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), and other condition stabilizing interventions.
02
Manage patients' pain relief and sedation by providing pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions, monitoring patients' responses, and changing care plans accordingly.
03
Document data related to patients' care including assessment results, interventions, medications, patient responses, or treatment changes.
04
Diagnose acute or chronic conditions that could result in rapid physiological deterioration or life-threatening instability.
05
Administer blood and blood product transfusions or intravenous infusions, monitoring patients for adverse reactions.
06
Assess urgent and emergent health conditions using both physiologically and technologically derived data.
07
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.
08
Interpret information obtained from electrocardiograms (EKGs) or radiographs (x-rays).
09
Adjust settings on patients' assistive devices such as temporary pacemakers.
10
Prescribe medications and observe patients' reactions, modifying prescriptions as needed.
Acute Care Nurses
Common knowledge, skills & abilities needed to get a foot in the door.
KNOWLEDGE
Medicine and Dentistry
KNOWLEDGE
Customer and Personal Service
KNOWLEDGE
English Language
KNOWLEDGE
Education and Training
KNOWLEDGE
Psychology
SKILL
Monitoring
SKILL
Social Perceptiveness
SKILL
Service Orientation
SKILL
Reading Comprehension
SKILL
Active Listening
ABILITY
Oral Comprehension
ABILITY
Problem Sensitivity
ABILITY
Speech Clarity
ABILITY
Written Comprehension
ABILITY
Oral Expression
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