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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 “Neonatal Intensive Care Nurse”

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

Related Technology & Tools

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

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