How do they match: Acute Care Nurses

  • Treat wounds or superficial lacerations.
  • Diagnose acute or chronic conditions that could result in rapid physiological deterioration or life-threatening instability.
  • Assess the impact of illnesses or injuries on patients' health, function, growth, development, nutrition, sleep, rest, quality of life, or family, social and educational relationships.
  • Assess urgent and emergent health conditions, using both physiologically and technologically derived data.
  • Assist patients in organizing their health care system activities.
  • Collaborate with members of multidisciplinary health care teams to plan, manage, or assess patient treatments.
  • Collaborate with patients to plan for future health care needs or to coordinate transitions and referrals.
  • Discuss illnesses and treatments with patients and family members.
  • Document data related to patients' care, including assessment results, interventions, medications, patient responses, or treatment changes.
  • Order, perform, or interpret the results of diagnostic tests and screening procedures based on assessment results, differential diagnoses, and knowledge about age, gender and health status of clients.
  • Refer patients for specialty consultations or treatments.

  • Treat acute illnesses, infections, or injuries.
  • Treat medical emergencies.
  • Diagnose medical conditions.
  • Advise patients on healthcare system processes.
  • Analyze patient data to determine patient needs or treatment goals.
  • Analyze test data or images to inform diagnosis or treatment.
  • Collaborate with healthcare professionals to plan or provide treatment.
  • Evaluate treatment options to guide medical decisions.
  • Evaluate patient functioning, capabilities, or health.
  • Monitor patient conditions during treatments, procedures, or activities.
  • Monitor patients following surgeries or other treatments.
  • Process healthcare paperwork.
  • Refer patients to other healthcare practitioners or health resources.