Provide advanced nursing care for patients in critical or coronary care units.
- Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN)
- Intensive Care Unit Nurse
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- Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Registered Nurse
- Burn Center Nurse
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- Administer blood and blood products, monitoring patients for signs and symptoms related to transfusion reactions.
- Administer medications intravenously, by injection, orally, through gastric tubes, or by other methods.
- Advocate for patients' and families' needs, or provide emotional support for patients and their families.
- Assess family adaptation levels and coping skills to determine whether intervention is needed.
- Assess patients' pain levels and sedation requirements.
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- Administer blood and blood products, monitoring patients for signs and symptoms related to transfusion reactions.
- Administer medications intravenously, by injection, orally, through gastric tubes, or by other methods.
- Advocate for patients' and families' needs, or provide emotional support for patients and their families.
- Assess family adaptation levels and coping skills to determine whether intervention is needed.
- Assess patients' pain levels and sedation requirements.
- Assess patients' psychosocial status and needs including areas such as sleep patterns, anxiety, grief, anger, and support systems.
- Assist physicians with procedures such as bronchoscopy, endoscopy, endotracheal intubation, and elective cardioversion.
- Collaborate with other health care professionals to develop and revise treatment plans based on identified needs and assessment data.
- Collect specimens for laboratory tests.
- Compile and analyze data obtained from monitoring or diagnostic tests.
- Conduct pulmonary assessments to identify abnormal respiratory patterns or breathing sounds that indicate problems.
- Coordinate patient care conferences.
- Document patients' medical histories and assessment findings.
- Document patients' treatment plans, interventions, outcomes, or plan revisions.
- Ensure that equipment or devices are properly stored after use.
- Evaluate patients' vital signs and laboratory data to determine emergency intervention needs.
- Identify malfunctioning equipment or devices.
- Identify patients who are 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.
- Participate in professional organizations and continuing education to improve practice knowledge and skills.
- Participate in the development, review, and evaluation of nursing practice protocols.
- 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, and community members.
- Prioritize nursing care for assigned critically ill patients based on assessment data and identified needs.
- Provide post-mortem care.
- Set up and monitor medical equipment and devices such as cardiac monitors, mechanical ventilators and alarms, oxygen delivery devices, transducers, and pressure lines.
- Supervise and monitor unit nursing staff.
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- Clinical Nurse, Critical Care (Air Force - Commissioned Officer only)
- Clinical Nurse, Emergency/Trauma (Air Force - Commissioned Officer only)
- Clinical Nurse, Neonatal Intensive Care (Air Force - Commissioned Officer only)
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- Critical Care Nurse (Navy - Commissioned or Warrant Officer)
- Emergency/Trauma Nurse (Navy - Commissioned or Warrant Officer)
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No information available.
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