Acute Care Nurse Career

Job Description: 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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Acute Care Nurse Career

Required Education



Associate's Degree usually needed for this career