What are some Common Conditions ICU Nurses Treat?
The type of patient you treat will determine your experience as a nurse. After all, the mother, the hospital grandmother and the child who broke his leg on the playground are completely different patients.
If you want to work in the ICU, your patients will still be different. They knew they would be in critical condition, but before nursing school, it was hard to know what to expect.
TIME
24 Hours
Rate
6800
What skills do ICU nurses need?
We analyzed more than 80,000 critical care nurse job advertisements over the past year to determine what technical skills you need to work in a critical care environment. Here’s what we found:
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
- Patient Care
- Intensive Care
- Life Support
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
- Trauma
- Patient and Family Training
- Telemetry
- Disposal planning
What qualities do the best ICU nurses share?
Our analysis of job postings for ICU nurses also reveals these transferable skills:
- Planning
- Communication
- Critical Thinking
- Research
- Computer Skills
- Physical Ability
- Problem Solving
- Organization
- Time Management