Critical Care Nurses
Critical Care Nurse Practitioner, Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN), ICU Nurse (Intensive Care Unit Nurse), Staff Nurse
see titles from the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, or Navy.
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN); Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN), Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist; Aerospace Medical Service Apprentice; Aerospace Medical Service Craftsman; Aerospace Medical Service Helper; Aerospace Medical Service Journeyman; Aerospace Medical Service Manager; Clinical Nurse, Neonatal Intensive Care; Flight Nurse; Pararescue Craftsman
Army Public Health Nurse; Combat Medic Specialist; Emergency Nursing; Family Nurse Practitioner; Generalist Nurse; Medical Surgical Nurse; Nurse Corps Officer; Perioperative Nurse; Psychiatric/Behavioral Health Nurse; Pulmonary Disease/Critical Care Officer
Health Services Technician
Clinical Specialist, Nursing; Critical Care Nurse; Emergency/Trauma Nurse; Fleet Marine Force Reconnaissance Corpsman; Hospitalman; Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Special Operations Tactical Medic (SO-TM); Nurse Anesthetist; Primary Care Nurse Practitioner; SC - Nurse Corps - General; Submarine Force Independent Duty Corpsman
What they do:
Provide specialized nursing care for patients in critical or coronary care units.
On the job, you would:
- Evaluate patients' vital signs or laboratory data to determine emergency intervention needs.
- Monitor patients for changes in status and indications of conditions such as sepsis or shock and institute appropriate interventions.
- Administer medications intravenously, by injection, orally, through gastric tubes, or by other methods.
Health
- medicine and dentistry
- therapy and counseling
Business
Arts and Humanities
Math and Science
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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
Visual Understanding
- see hidden patterns
- quickly compare groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things
Attention
- pay attention to something without being distracted
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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:
- Attention to Detail
- Integrity
- Dependability
- Stress Tolerance
- Concern for Others
- Cooperation
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You might use software like this on the job:
Medical software
- Epic Systems
- MEDITECH software
Information retrieval or search software
- American Association of Critical Care Nurses AACN Medicopeia
- PEPID RN Critical Care RNCC
Office suite software
- Google Drive
- Microsoft Office
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bachelor's degree or
associate'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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You might like a career in one of these industries:
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In the military:
see titles from the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, or Navy.
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