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Job Description

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.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-1141.01

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Acute Care Nurses”.

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Tasks for “Acute Care Clinical Nurse Specialist”

Treat wounds or superficial lacerations.
Obtain specimens or samples for laboratory work.
Manage patients' pain relief and sedation by providing pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions, monitoring patients' responses, and changing care plans accordingly.
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.
Set up, operate, or monitor invasive equipment and devices such as colostomy or tracheotomy equipment, mechanical ventilators, catheters, gastrointestinal tubes, and central lines.
Assess the needs of patients' family members or caregivers.
Collaborate with patients to plan for future health care needs or to coordinate transitions and referrals.
Participate in the development of practice protocols.
Collaborate with members of multidisciplinary health care teams to plan, manage, or assess patient treatments.
Diagnose acute or chronic conditions that could result in rapid physiological deterioration or life-threatening instability.
Perform emergency medical procedures, such as basic cardiac life support (BLS), advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), and other condition stabilizing interventions.
Assess urgent and emergent health conditions using both physiologically and technologically derived data.
Document data related to patients' care including assessment results, interventions, medications, patient responses, or treatment changes.
Perform administrative duties that facilitate admission, transfer, or discharge of patients.
Participate in patients' care meetings and conferences.
Provide formal and informal education to other staff members.
Distinguish between normal and abnormal developmental and age-related physiological and behavioral changes in acute, critical, and chronic illness.
Analyze the indications, contraindications, risk complications, and cost-benefit tradeoffs of therapeutic interventions.
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.
Prescribe medications and observe patients' reactions, modifying prescriptions as needed.
Assist patients in organizing their health care system activities.
Adjust settings on patients' assistive devices such as temporary pacemakers.
Discuss illnesses and treatments with patients and family members.
Read current literature, talk with colleagues, and participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in acute care.
Administer blood and blood product transfusions or intravenous infusions, monitoring patients for adverse reactions.
Interpret information obtained from electrocardiograms (EKGs) or radiographs (x-rays).
Refer patients for specialty consultations or treatments.

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Intravenous infusion pumps
Ophthalmic tonometers
Straight hemostats
Bronchoscopes
Mechanical intermittent positive pressure ventilators
Enteral feeding sets
Hyper/hypothermia blankets
Pill crushers
Endotracheal ET tubes
Protective face shields
Patient walkers
Urine analysis equipment
Wheelchairs
Urinalysis test strips
Hypodermic syringes
Autotransfusion systems
Oxygen flowmeters
Vaginal exam specula
Cardiac monitors
Pulmonary artery catheters
Epidural catheters
Electrocardiography EKG machines
Umbilical catheters
Transport cardiac monitors
Surgical irrigation sets
Automated medicine dispensing equipment
Transcutaneous pacemakers
Tongue blades
Ultrasound transducers
Traction weights
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Nasal catheters
Breast pumps
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Cast cutting saws
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Isolettes
Tracheotomy sets
Digital medical thermometers
Medical scales
Handheld nebulizers
Intubation sets
Newborn warming lamps
Bilevel positive airway pressure BiPAP ventilators
Fetal monitors
Incision drainage equipment
Electronic compressor nebulizers
Surgical staple removers
Doppler ultrasound equipment
Ostomy equipment
Ear curettes
Graduated glass laboratory cylinders
Thoracentesis kits
Crash carts
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Patient restraints
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Microscope slides
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Multiple lumen central line catheters
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Bedpans
Wood's lamps
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Ring cutters
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Apnea monitors
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Tablet computers
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Occlusion clamps
Skin staplers
Clinical trapeze traction bars
Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation TENS equipment
Magill forceps
Oral suctioning equipment
Pulse oximeters
Protective medical face masks
Urinary catheters
Otoscopes
Specialty patient care beds
Nasal suctioning equipment
Sphygmomanometers
Straight surgical scissors
Eye lavage kits
Automated external defibrillators AED
Pericardiocentesis kits
Specimen collection containers
Nasogastric tubes
Ophthalmic slit lamps
Protective gowns
Blood drawing syringes
Desktop computers
Safety goggles
Visual acuity charts
Telemetry monitors
Medical examination protective gloves
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