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Critical Care Nurses
SOC 29-1141.03
Provide advanced nursing care for patients in critical or coronary care units.
8
Skills
8
Knowledge
3
Job Zone
No
Green
Top Skills 8
Active Listening
4.1
Service Orientation
4.1
Reading Comprehension
4.0
Speaking
4.0
Critical Thinking
4.0
Monitoring
4.0
Social Perceptiveness
4.0
Active Learning
3.9
Knowledge Areas 8
Medicine and Dentistry
4.5
Psychology
4.2
Biology
4.0
English Language
4.0
Customer and Personal Service
3.9
Education and Training
3.8
Mathematics
3.5
Sociology and Anthropology
3.2
Key Tasks
1Evaluate patients' vital signs or laboratory data to determine emergency
intervention needs.
2Monitor patients for changes in status and indications of conditions such as sepsis
or shock and institute appropriate interventions.
3Set up and monitor medical equipment and devices such as cardiac monitors, mechanical
ventilators and alarms, oxygen delivery devices, transducers, or pressure lines.
4Administer medications intravenously, by injection, orally, through gastric tubes, or
by other methods.
5Assess patients' pain levels or sedation requirements.
Also Known As
Burn Center Nurse
Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Registered Nurse
Catheterization Laboratory Senior Manager (Cath Lab Senior Manager)
Critical Care Nurse
Critical Care Nurse Practitioner
Critical Care Nurse Specialist
Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN)
Critical Care Unit Manager
Critical Care Unit Nurse
ICU Staff Nurse (Intensive Care Unit Staff Nurse)
Tools & Equipment
Angiocaths
Apnea monitors
Arterial blood gas testing equipment
Arterial line catheters
Automated external defibrillators AED
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