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Job Description

Provide advanced nursing care for patients in critical or coronary care units.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-1141.03

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

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Tasks for “Critical Care Nurse”

Identify patients who are at risk of complications due to nutritional status.
Plan, provide, or evaluate educational programs for nursing staff, interdisciplinary health care team members, or community members.
Assist physicians with procedures such as bronchoscopy, endoscopy, endotracheal intubation, or elective cardioversion.
Identify malfunctioning equipment or devices.
Document patients' treatment plans, interventions, outcomes, or plan revisions.
Evaluate patients' vital signs or laboratory data to determine emergency intervention needs.
Document patients' medical histories and assessment findings.
Prioritize nursing care for assigned critically ill patients, based on assessment data or identified needs.
Participate in professional organizations and continuing education to improve practice knowledge and skills.
Assess family adaptation levels and coping skills to determine whether intervention is needed.
Perform approved therapeutic or diagnostic procedures based upon patients' clinical status.
Ensure that equipment or devices are properly stored after use.
Assess patients' psychosocial status and needs, including areas such as sleep patterns, anxiety, grief, anger, and support systems.
Collect specimens for laboratory tests.
Monitor patients' fluid intake and output to detect emerging problems such as fluid and electrolyte imbalances.
Participate in the development, review, or evaluation of nursing practice protocols.
Set up and monitor medical equipment and devices such as cardiac monitors, mechanical ventilators and alarms, oxygen delivery devices, transducers, or pressure lines.
Administer blood and blood products, monitoring patients for signs and symptoms related to transfusion reactions.
Provide post-mortem care.
Compile and analyze data obtained from monitoring or diagnostic tests.
Collaborate with other health care professionals to develop and revise treatment plans based on identified needs and assessment data.
Supervise and monitor unit nursing staff.
Monitor patients for changes in status and indications of conditions such as sepsis or shock and institute appropriate interventions.
Identify patients' age-specific needs and alter care plans as necessary to meet those needs.
Coordinate patient care conferences.
Administer medications intravenously, by injection, orally, through gastric tubes, or by other methods.
Conduct pulmonary assessments to identify abnormal respiratory patterns or breathing sounds that indicate problems.
Advocate for patients' and families' needs, or provide emotional support for patients and their families.
Assess patients' pain levels or sedation requirements.

Related Technology & Tools

Wheelchairs
Crutches
Patient restraints
Fetal monitors
Mechanical intermittent positive pressure ventilators
Epidural catheters
Automated medicine dispensing equipment
Pulmonary artery catheters
Hoyer lifts
Surgical irrigation sets
Occlusion clamps
Patient controlled analgesia PCA pumps
Laptop computers
Urinary catheters
Apnea monitors
Handheld calculators
Pneumatic boots
Ostomy equipment
Electrocardiography EKG machines
Oxygen concentrators
Doppler ultrasound equipment
Enema equipment
Digital medical thermometers
Medical examination protective gloves
Cooling blankets
Mechanical stethoscopes
Intracranial pressure monitors
Blood warming equipment
Ice collars
Patient walkers
Lancets
Incision drainage equipment
Transfer boards
Venous Oxygen Saturation SVO2 monitors
Tourniquets
Arterial blood gas testing equipment
Pill splitters
Intra-aortic balloon pumps IABP
Traction weights
Halo traction equipment
Crutchfield tongs
Otoscopes
Manual resuscitation bags
Urinalysis test strips
Electronic compressor nebulizers
Enteral feeding sets
Nasal suctioning equipment
Medical scales
Multiple line infusion pumps
Handheld nebulizers
Evacuated blood collection tubes
Tracheal suctioning equipment
Bilevel positive airway pressure BiPAP ventilators
Transport cardiac monitors
Sphygmomanometers
Continuous positive airway pressure CPAP ventilators
Tablet computers
Pill crushers
Bedpans
Suture removal kits
Specialty patient care beds
Thoracentesis trays
Bed scales
Foot cradles
Oxygen delivery masks
Orthopedic splinting equipment
Blood glucometers
Continuous passive motion CPM equipment
Surgical scalpels
Surgical staple removers
Desktop computers
Ventricular assist devices VAD
Safety goggles
Endotracheal ET tubes
Oxygen flowmeters
Transcutaneous pacemakers
Telemetry monitors
Transvenous pacemakers
Hyper/hypothermia blankets
Personal digital assistants PDA
Bulb syringes
Chest drains
Echocardiogram equipment
Kidney dialysis equipment
Medical gurneys
Blood pressure monitors
Straight surgical scissors
Incentive spirometers
Therapeutic whirlpool baths
Blood drawing syringes
Sequential compression devices
Arterial line catheters
Clinical trapeze traction bars
Protective gowns
Surgical razors
Automated external defibrillators AED
Autotransfusion systems
Pulse oximeters
Intubation sets
End tidal carbon dioxide monitors or supplies
Cardiac monitors
Hypodermic syringes
Tracheotomy sets
Straight hemostats
Protective face shields
Oral suctioning equipment
Flexible laryngoscopes
Hemodynamic monitors
Geriatric chairs
Graduated glass laboratory cylinders
Crash carts
Multiple lumen central line catheters
Specimen collection containers
Intravenous IV administration sets
Angiocaths
Nasogastric tubes
Medical nasal cannulae
Intravenous infusion pumps
Protective medical face masks
Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation TENS equipment
Ultrasound transducers
Pericardiocentesis kits

Medscribbler Enterprise
Amkai AmkaiCharts
Word processing software
GE Healthcare Centricity EMR
MicroFour PracticeStudio.NET EMR
American Association of Critical Care Nurses AACN Medicopeia
MEDITECH Healthcare Information System HCIS
Microsoft Office
SOAPware EMR
Texas Medical Software SpringCharts EMR
SynaMed EMR
Bizmatics PrognoCIS EMR System
eClinicalWorks
Cerner Millennium
MEDITECH software
ChartWare EMR
Allscripts Professional EHR
PEPID RN Critical Care RNCC
Web browser software
NextGen Healthcare Information Systems EMR
Epic Systems
StatCom Patient Flow Logistics Enterprise Suite
e-MDs software