Acute Care Nurse

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Ideal for those passionate about saving lives in critical situations.
Make a significant impact by stabilizing patients during medical emergencies.
Engage in advanced procedures and innovative patient care techniques.

💰 Earn $105K-$168K

📚 Associate Degree

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Overview

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.

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Minimum Education

Associate Degree

Career Prospects

Excellent (Increasing by 5% or more)

Training Time

1 to 2 years

Median Earnings

$133,990 in California

$86,070 Nationally

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Day-to-Day

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.
Diagnose acute or chronic conditions that could result in rapid physiological deterioration or life-threatening instability.
Administer blood and blood product transfusions or intravenous infusions, monitoring patients for adverse reactions.