Acute Care Nurses
Cardiac Interventional Care Nurse, Charge Nurse, Progressive Care Unit RN (Progressive Care Unit Registered Nurse), Staff Nurse
see titles from the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, or Navy.
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN); Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN), Pediatric Nurse Practitioner; Aerospace Medical Service Apprentice, Neurodiagnostic Medical Technician; Aerospace Medical Service Helper, Allergy/Immunization Technician; Aerospace Medical Service Journeyman, Independent Duty Medical Technician; Clinical Nurse, Neonatal Intensive Care; Critical Care Medicine, Internal Medicine; Dental Assistant Craftsman, Dental Hygienist; Health Services Management; Operating Room Nurse; Pararescue Superintendent
Army Public Health Nurse; Combat Medic Specialist; Emergency Nursing; Family Nurse Practitioner; Generalist Nurse; Medical Surgical Nurse; Nurse Corps Officer; Orthopedic Specialist; Practical Nursing Specialist; Psychiatric/Behavioral Health Nurse Practitioner
Health Services Technician
Aerospace Medical Technician; Critical Care Nurse; Field Medical Service Technician; Hemodialysis Technician; Hospital Corpsman Basic; Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Special Operations Tactical Medic (SO-TM); Orthopedic Cast Room Technician; Primary Care Nurse Practitioner; Search and Rescue Medical Technician; Surface Force Independent Duty Corpsman
What they do:
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.
On the job, you would:
- Perform emergency medical procedures, such as basic cardiac life support (BLS), advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), and other condition-stabilizing interventions.
- Manage patients' pain relief and sedation by providing pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions, monitoring patients' responses, and changing care plans accordingly.
- Document data related to patients' care, including assessment results, interventions, medications, patient responses, or treatment changes.
Health
- medicine and dentistry
- therapy and counseling
Business
Arts and Humanities
Education and Training
- teaching and course design
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Basic Skills
- keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
Social
- looking for ways to help people
- understanding people's reactions
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Verbal
- listen and understand what people say
- communicate by speaking
Ideas and Logic
- notice when problems happen
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
Attention
- pay attention to something without being distracted
- do two or more things at the same time
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People interested in this work like activities that include helping people, teaching, and talking.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Integrity
- Stress Tolerance
- Attention to Detail
- Dependability
- Adaptability/Flexibility
- Concern for Others
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You might use software like this on the job:
Electronic mail software
- IBM Lotus Notes
- Microsoft Outlook
Presentation software
Medical software
- eClinicalWorks EHR software
- StatCom Patient Flow Logistics Enterprise Suite
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associate's degree or bachelor's degree usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are very likely in the future.
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