Acute Care Nurses

Core tasks

1. 01Discuss illnesses and treatments with patients and family members.
2. 02Diagnose acute or chronic conditions that could result in rapid physiological deterioration or life-threatening instability.
3. 03Perform emergency medical procedures, such as basic cardiac life support (BLS), advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), and other condition-stabilizing interventions.
4. 04Assess urgent and emergent health conditions, using both physiologically and technologically derived data.
5. 05Set up, operate, or monitor invasive equipment and devices, such as colostomy or tracheotomy equipment, mechanical ventilators, catheters, gastrointestinal tubes, and central lines.
6. 06Document data related to patients' care, including assessment results, interventions, medications, patient responses, or treatment changes.

Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)

• Repeating same tasks3.62
• Degree of automation1.48
• Time sitting2.29
• Originality (ability)3.00
• Conflict situations4.05
• Hands-on objects/tools3.35
• Outdoors / weather1.19
• Disease exposure5.00
• Decision freedom4.05

Top abilities

• Written Comprehension4.25
• Problem Sensitivity4.25
• Oral Expression4.25
• Oral Comprehension4.25
• Inductive Reasoning4.12
• Deductive Reasoning4.12
• Written Expression4.00
• Speech Recognition4.00

Essential skills

• Reading Comprehension4.12
• Active Listening4.00
• Writing4.00
• Speaking4.12
• Mathematics3.00
• Science3.00
• Critical Thinking4.12
• Active Learning4.00
• Learning Strategies3.38
• Monitoring4.00