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Critical Care Nurses
$81.22K Median Salary 194.5K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 9% Job Growth
About This Career
Provide specialized nursing care for patients in critical or coronary care units.
Reported Job Titles
Certified Critical Care Nurse, Critical Care Nurse Practitioner, Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN), ICU Critical Care NP (Intensive Care Unit Critical Care Nurse Practitioner), ICU Nurse (Intensive Care Unit Nurse), Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurse (ICU RN), Newborn ICU RN (Newborn Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurse), Nurse, Pediatric Critical Care Nurse Practitioner, Staff Nurse
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Skills You'll Need
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Abilities
Oral Comprehension
Problem Sensitivity
Deductive Reasoning
Inductive Reasoning
Oral Expression
Speech Clarity
Speech Recognition
Flexibility of Closure
Information Ordering
Near Vision
Written Comprehension
Written Expression
Perceptual Speed
Selective Attention
Finger Dexterity
Fluency of Ideas
Speed of Closure
Category Flexibility
Originality
Arm-Hand Steadiness
Auditory Attention
Manual Dexterity
Time Sharing
Trunk Strength
Knowledge
Medicine and Dentistry
Customer and Personal Service
English Language
Psychology
Biology
Mathematics
Education and Training
Therapy and Counseling
Sociology and Anthropology
Chemistry
Public Safety and Security
Computers and Electronics
Skills
Monitoring
Active Listening
Critical Thinking
Reading Comprehension
Service Orientation
Social Perceptiveness
Speaking
Active Learning
Complex Problem Solving
Coordination
Judgment and Decision Making
Operations Monitoring
Writing
Instructing
Time Management
Negotiation
Persuasion
Learning Strategies
Management of Personnel Resources
Science
Technology Skills
Medical software
Cloud-based data access and sharing software
Information retrieval or search software
Office suite software
Human resources software
Internet browser software
Word processing software
Tools
Medical or surgical suction or vacuum appliances
Tablet crushers
Cardiac pacemaker generators or cardiac resynchronization therapy pacemakers CRT-P
Diagnostic or interventional vascular catheters for general use
Nebulizers
Head or neck traction supplies
Cardiac output CO monitoring units
Surgical isolation or surgical masks
Medical ultrasound or doppler or echocardiograph transducer accessories
Therapeutic heating or cooling blankets or drapes
Enteral feeding infusion pump tubing sets
Blood pressure cuff kits
Endotracheal or tracheotomy sets
Acute care fetal or maternal monitoring units
Intravenous infusion pumps for general use
Intubation laryngoscopes
Mobile medical services automated external defibrillators AED or hard paddles
Pleural cavity drainage units or containers
Intermittent positive pressure breathing IPPB machines
Electronic medical thermometers
Glucose monitors or meters
Manual resuscitators
Patient lifts
Emergency or resuscitation carts
Medical aspiration or irrigation syringes
Electrocardiography EKG units
Continuous arteriovenous dialysis CAVHD units or related products
Pulse oximeter units
Vascular sequential compression devices or tubing
Therapeutic ice packs or pillows
Patient shifting boards
Medical ultrasound or doppler or echocardiograph transducer
Ostomy appliances
Full body immersion hydrotherapy baths or tanks
Non invasive continuous positive air pressure machines
Gurneys or scissor lifts
Arterial blood gas monitors
Spirometers
Electronic blood pressure units
Medication or pill dispensers
Blanket frames or lifters
Intraaortic balloon pumps
Surgical clamps or clips or forceps
Vascular or compression apparel or support
Intracranial pressure ICP monitoring units
Medical staff isolation or cover gowns
Perfusion oxygen or hematocrit saturation monitors
Pericardiocentesis needles or kits
Ventricular assist devices
Multichannel intravenous infusion pumps
Medical acoustic stethoscopes
Medical exam or non surgical procedure gloves
Non invasive bi level machines
Notebook computers
Central venous catheters
Continuous passive motion CPM devices
Autotransfusion units
Patient bed or table scales for general use
Enema kits
Endotracheal tubes
Surgical scalpels or knives or blades or trephines
Endoscopic hemostatic balloons or needles or tubes or accessories
Surgical drains or drain sets
Patient controlled analgesia infusion pumps
Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers
Goggles
Multiparameter vital sign units
Surgical scissors
Surgical shave kits or prep razors or clippers
Ophthalmoscopes or otoscopes or scope sets
Laboratory graduated cylinders
Patient floor scales
Urinary catheterization kits
Anesthesia nerve block kit or tray
Walkers or rollators
Clinical trapeze bars
Blood collection syringes
Vacuum blood collection tubes or containers
Suture removal kits or trays or packs or sets
Blood warming or transfusion systems
Orthopedic splint systems
Flow sensors or regulators or components
Pocket calculator
Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation units
Intubator components
Thoracentesis sets or trays
Orthopedic traction hardware or weights
Patient stabilization or fall prevention devices
Medical oxygen masks or parts
Patient care beds for specialty care
Skin staple removers or kits
Specimen collection container
Intravenous or arterial catheter trays
Medical syringes with needle
Electrocardiography EKG transmitters or telemetry devices
Wheelchairs
Arterial line catheters
Apnea monitors
Nasogastric tubes
Lancets
Crutches
Bedpans
Oxygen concentrators
Geriatric chairs
End tidal carbon dioxide monitors
Tourniquets
Desktop computers
Urinalysis test strips
Tablet computers
Surgical irrigation sets
Medical nasal cannulas
