Occupation AtlasAcute Care Nurses

O*NET · 29-1141.01

Acute Care Nurses

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.

Also called Acute Care Nurse · Admission Nurse · Admission Nurse Coordinator · Cardiac Interventional Care Nurse · Cardiovascular ICU Nurse · Cardiovascular ICU Nurse (Cardiovascular Intense Care Unit Nurse) · Cardiovascular Surgery ACNP · Cardiovascular Surgery Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (Cardiovascular Surgery ACNP)
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Care Transitions Manager · Care Transitions Nurse · Charge Nurse · Chronic Condition Nurse · DSU Nurse · DSU Nurse (Day Surgery Unit Nurse) · ICU RN · ICU RN (Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurse) · ICU Travel RN · ICU Travel RN (Intensive Care Unit Travel Registered Nurse) · MSN · MSN (Medical Surgical Nurse) · Nurse · PACU RN · PACU RN (Post Anesthesia Care Unit Registered Nurse) · PACU Travel RN · PACU Travel RN (Post Anesthesia Care Unit Travel Registered Nurse) · PCU RN · PCU RN (Progressive Care Unit Registered Nurse) · Pediatric Acute Care Unit Nurse · Post-Op RN · Post-Op RN (Postoperative Registered Nurse) · Pre-Op RN · Pre-Op RN (Preoperative Registered Nurse) · Progressive Care RN · Progressive Care RN (Progressive Care Registered Nurse) · Screening Unit RN · Screening Unit RN (Screening Unit Registered Nurse) · Staff Nurse · Step Down RN · Step Down RN (Step Down Registered Nurse) · Telemetry RN · Telemetry RN (Telemetry Registered Nurse) · Vascular Access Registered Nurse (Vascular Access RN) · Vascular Access RN

Job Zone 4 — Considerable Preparation NeededHolland code SIR35 skills on file

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Job Zone

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Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed

Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.

Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.

Occupational interest profile

SIRSocial · Investigative · Realistic — the three strongest interests, in order

  • S Social5.80
  • I Investigative5.66
  • R Realistic3.70
  • C Conventional3.32
  • E Enterprising1.76
  • A Artistic1.75

RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.

Education and experience

The education level respondents say the job requires, and the most common answer for experience and training.

  • Associate's Degree or other 2-year degree19%
  • Bachelor's Degree57%
  • Post-Baccalaureate Certificate10%
  • Master's Degree5%
  • Post-Master's Certificate5%
  • Doctoral Degree5%
Related work experience
None (33%)
On-site or in-plant training
Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months (33%)
On-the-job training
Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months (52%)

Typically associated skills

All 35 O*NET skills, most important first. Importance (1–5) says how much a skill matters here; level (0–7) says how much of it the work calls for, with O*NET's example of a nearby level. Neither is a proficiency rating of a person.

  • Reading ComprehensionbasicImportance 4.1Level 4.9Level 4 looks like: Understand an email from management describing new personnel policies
  • Service OrientationImportance 4.1Level 4.3Level 4 looks like: Make flight reservations for customers using an online booking site
  • Critical ThinkingbasicImportance 4.1Level 4.0Level 4 looks like: Evaluate customer complaints and determine appropriate responses
  • SpeakingbasicImportance 4.1Level 4.0Level 4 looks like: Interview applicants to obtain personal and work history
  • Social PerceptivenessImportance 4.0Level 4.8Level 4 looks like: Be aware of how a coworker's promotion will affect a work group
  • Active LearningbasicImportance 4.0Level 4.3Level 4 looks like: Determine the impact of new menu changes on a restaurant's purchasing requirements
  • MonitoringbasicImportance 4.0Level 4.3Level 4 looks like: Monitor a meeting and revise the agenda to ensure important topics are discussed
  • Active ListeningbasicImportance 4.0Level 4.1Level 4 looks like: Answer inquiries regarding credit references
  • WritingbasicImportance 4.0Level 4.0Level 4 looks like: Write an email to staff outlining new directives
  • CoordinationImportance 4.0Level 3.9Level 4 looks like: Work with others to put a new roof on a house
  • Judgment and Decision MakingImportance 4.0Level 3.9Level 4 looks like: Evaluate a loan application for degree of risk
  • Complex Problem SolvingImportance 4.0Level 3.5Level 4 looks like: Redesign a floor layout to take advantage of new manufacturing techniques
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  • InstructingImportance 3.5Level 4.1Level 4 looks like: Instruct a coworker in how to operate a software program
  • Time ManagementImportance 3.5Level 3.4Level 4 looks like: Allocate the time of subordinates to projects for the coming week
  • Learning StrategiesbasicImportance 3.4Level 3.8Level 4 looks like: Identify an alternative approach to help trainees who are having difficulties
  • Systems EvaluationImportance 3.1Level 3.4Level 4 looks like: Identify the reasons why a client might be unhappy with a product
  • PersuasionImportance 3.1Level 3.3Level 4 looks like: Convince a supervisor to purchase new office equipment
  • Management of Personnel ResourcesImportance 3.1Level 3.0Level 2 looks like: Encourage a coworker who is having difficulty finishing a project
  • Operations MonitoringImportance 3.0Level 3.1Level 4 looks like: Monitor machine functions on an automated production line
  • MathematicsbasicImportance 3.0Level 3.0Level 2 looks like: Count the amount of change to be given to a customer
  • NegotiationImportance 3.0Level 3.0Level 2 looks like: Present justification to a manager for altering a work schedule
  • SciencebasicImportance 3.0Level 3.0Level 2 looks like: Conduct standard tests to determine soil quality
  • Systems AnalysisImportance 3.0Level 3.0Level 2 looks like: Determine how loss of a team member will affect the completion of a job
  • Operation and ControlImportance 2.8Level 2.9Level 2 looks like: Navigate the settings on an office printer to print on both sides of the paper
  • Quality Control AnalysisImportance 2.5Level 2.6Level 2 looks like: Inspect a draft email for errors (e.g., grammar, punctuation)
  • Operations AnalysisImportance 2.1Level 2.3Level 2 looks like: Select a printer for an office
  • Management of Material ResourcesImportance 2.1Level 1.8Level 2 looks like: Reserve a room for a management meeting
  • TroubleshootingImportance 2.1Level 1.6Level 2 looks like: Identify the source of a leak by looking under a machine
  • Equipment SelectionImportance 2.1Level 1.3Level 2 looks like: Select a tool to adjust a loose part on a bicycle
  • Management of Financial ResourcesImportance 2.0Level 1.5Level 2 looks like: Use available funds to buy office supplies and record the amount of the purchase
  • Technology DesignImportance 1.9Level 1.4Level 2 looks like: Adjust exercise equipment for use by a customer
  • ProgrammingImportance 1.4Level 0.5
  • Equipment MaintenanceImportance 1.0Level —
  • InstallationImportance 1.0Level —
  • RepairingImportance 1.0Level —

Tasks

23 core · 4 supplemental

What people in this occupation do, as O*NET records it, core tasks first by importance (1–5).

  1. Diagnose acute or chronic conditions that could result in rapid physiological deterioration or life-threatening instability.Importance 4.9
  2. Discuss illnesses and treatments with patients and family members.Importance 4.9
  3. Perform emergency medical procedures, such as basic cardiac life support (BLS), advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), and other condition-stabilizing interventions.Importance 4.8
  4. Assess urgent and emergent health conditions, using both physiologically and technologically derived data.Importance 4.8
  5. Document data related to patients' care, including assessment results, interventions, medications, patient responses, or treatment changes.Importance 4.6
  6. Set up, operate, or monitor invasive equipment and devices, such as colostomy or tracheotomy equipment, mechanical ventilators, catheters, gastrointestinal tubes, and central lines.Importance 4.6
  7. Manage patients' pain relief and sedation by providing pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions, monitoring patients' responses, and changing care plans accordingly.Importance 4.5
  8. Interpret information obtained from electrocardiograms (EKGs) or radiographs (x-rays).Importance 4.5
  9. Collaborate with members of multidisciplinary health care teams to plan, manage, or assess patient treatments.Importance 4.5
  10. Obtain specimens or samples for laboratory work.Importance 4.5
  11. Administer blood and blood product transfusions or intravenous infusions, monitoring patients for adverse reactions.Importance 4.5
  12. Perform administrative duties that facilitate admission, transfer, or discharge of patients.Importance 4.5
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  1. Assess the needs of patients' family members or caregivers.Importance 4.4
  2. Treat wounds or superficial lacerations.Importance 4.2
  3. Participate in patients' care meetings and conferences.Importance 4.2
  4. Collaborate with patients to plan for future health care needs or to coordinate transitions and referrals.Importance 4.1
  5. Read current literature, talk with colleagues, and participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in acute care.Importance 4.1
  6. Provide formal and informal education to other staff members.Importance 4.1
  7. Analyze the indications, contraindications, risk complications, and cost-benefit tradeoffs of therapeutic interventions.Importance 3.9
  8. Distinguish between normal and abnormal developmental and age-related physiological and behavioral changes in acute, critical, and chronic illness.Importance 3.9
  9. 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.Importance 3.8
  10. Participate in the development of practice protocols.Importance 3.8
  11. Assist patients in organizing their health care system activities.Importance 3.7
  12. Adjust settings on patients' assistive devices, such as temporary pacemakers.Importance 4.7
  13. Prescribe medications and observe patients' reactions, modifying prescriptions as needed.Importance 4.5
  14. 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.Importance 4.2
  15. Refer patients for specialty consultations or treatments.Importance 4.2

Knowledge

Bodies of knowledge the work draws on.

  • Medicine and DentistryImportance 4.8Level 5.7
  • Customer and Personal ServiceImportance 4.3Level 5.2Level 4 looks like: Be responsible for 10 children at daycare
  • Education and TrainingImportance 4.3Level 4.8Level 4 looks like: Lead a quality improvement seminar
  • English LanguageImportance 4.1Level 4.7Level 4 looks like: Edit an article for a news website
  • PsychologyImportance 3.8Level 5.6
  • Therapy and CounselingImportance 3.6Level 4.3Level 4 looks like: Provide job counseling to the unemployed
  • Administration and ManagementImportance 3.5Level 3.7Level 4 looks like: Monitor progress of a project to ensure timely completion
  • BiologyImportance 3.4Level 3.9Level 4 looks like: Investigate the effects of pollution on marine plants and animals
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  • Public Safety and SecurityImportance 3.4Level 3.6Level 4 looks like: Inspect a building site for safety violations
  • Computers and ElectronicsImportance 3.0Level 3.3Level 4 looks like: Use a computer to format a document
  • MathematicsImportance 3.0Level 2.8
  • AdministrativeImportance 2.9Level 3.4Level 4 looks like: Type 30 words per minute
  • Sociology and AnthropologyImportance 2.9Level 3.4Level 4 looks like: Write an article about cultural differences
  • ChemistryImportance 2.8Level 3.3Level 4 looks like: Use the proper concentration of chlorine to purify a water source
  • Law and GovernmentImportance 2.8Level 3.0Level 4 looks like: Prepare documents and title papers for the purchase of a new house
  • TelecommunicationsImportance 2.7Level 1.9Level 1 looks like: Send an email
  • Communications and MediaImportance 2.6Level 2.3Level 1 looks like: Write a thank you note
  • Personnel and Human ResourcesImportance 2.5Level 2.4Level 1 looks like: Fill out a medical claim form
  • Philosophy and TheologyImportance 2.3Level 2.8
  • Foreign LanguageImportance 2.2Level 2.2Level 1 looks like: Say "please" and "thank you" in a foreign language
  • Production and ProcessingImportance 2.0Level 1.6Level 1 looks like: Put a computer back into its packing materials
  • MechanicalImportance 1.9Level 1.3Level 1 looks like: Replace the filters in a furnace
  • PhysicsImportance 1.9Level 1.3Level 1 looks like: Use a crowbar to pry open a box
  • Economics and AccountingImportance 1.8Level 1.3Level 1 looks like: Answer billing questions from credit card customers
  • Engineering and TechnologyImportance 1.7Level 1.2Level 1 looks like: Install a door lock
  • TransportationImportance 1.7Level 1.1Level 1 looks like: Ride a train to work
  • GeographyImportance 1.6Level 1.1Level 1 looks like: Know the capital of the United States
  • DesignImportance 1.4Level —
  • Sales and MarketingImportance 1.4Level —
  • Building and ConstructionImportance 1.3Level —
  • History and ArcheologyImportance 1.3Level —
  • Food ProductionImportance 1.2Level —
  • Fine ArtsImportance 1.1Level —

Abilities

Enduring capacities the work calls for.

  • Oral ComprehensionImportance 4.3Level 4.5Level 4 looks like: Understand a coach's oral instructions for a sport
  • Oral ExpressionImportance 4.3Level 4.3Level 4 looks like: Give instructions to a lost motorist
  • Problem SensitivityImportance 4.3Level 4.9Level 4 looks like: Notice from a subtle difference in a client's mood that something is bothering them
  • Written ComprehensionImportance 4.3Level 4.4Level 4 looks like: Understand an apartment lease
  • Deductive ReasoningImportance 4.1Level 4.1Level 5 looks like: Decide what factors to consider in selecting stocks
  • Inductive ReasoningImportance 4.1Level 4.3Level 4 looks like: Determine the prime suspect based on crime scene evidence
  • Information OrderingImportance 4.0Level 4.0Level 2 looks like: Follow the correct steps to make change
  • Near VisionImportance 4.0Level 4.0Level 5 looks like: Read the fine print of a legal document
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  • Speech ClarityImportance 4.0Level 3.8Level 4 looks like: Make stadium-wide announcements during a sporting event
  • Speech RecognitionImportance 4.0Level 3.6Level 4 looks like: Identify a former customer's voice over the phone
  • Written ExpressionImportance 4.0Level 4.1Level 4 looks like: Write a job recommendation for a subordinate
  • Category FlexibilityImportance 3.3Level 3.5Level 3 looks like: Classify flowers according to size, color, and smell
  • Flexibility of ClosureImportance 3.3Level 3.1Level 4 looks like: Look for a golf ball in tall grass
  • Selective AttentionImportance 3.3Level 3.1Level 4 looks like: Watch security monitors for intruders throughout the night shift
  • Fluency of IdeasImportance 3.1Level 3.3Level 4 looks like: Think of as many ideas as possible for the name of a new company
  • Speed of ClosureImportance 3.1Level 3.1Level 3 looks like: Recognize a song after hearing only the first few notes
  • Mathematical ReasoningImportance 3.0Level 2.9
  • MemorizationImportance 3.0Level 2.9
  • OriginalityImportance 3.0Level 3.0Level 2 looks like: Use a credit card to open a locked door
  • Perceptual SpeedImportance 3.0Level 3.0Level 2 looks like: Sort mail according to ZIP codes with no time pressure
  • Time SharingImportance 3.0Level 3.0Level 3 looks like: Watch street signs while driving at 30 miles an hour
  • Visual Color DiscriminationImportance 3.0Level 2.9
  • Far VisionImportance 2.9Level 3.1Level 4 looks like: Read the slides on a presentation from across a room
  • VisualizationImportance 2.8Level 2.9Level 2 looks like: Imagine how to place paper in a printer so that the letterhead comes out on top
  • Auditory AttentionImportance 2.6Level 2.3Level 2 looks like: Listen to a lecture while people nearby are talking
  • Finger DexterityImportance 2.6Level 2.5Level 2 looks like: Put coins in a parking meter
  • Hearing SensitivityImportance 2.6Level 2.0Level 2 looks like: Notice a doorbell ringing
  • Number FacilityImportance 2.6Level 2.6Level 3 looks like: Calculate a discounted price
  • StaminaImportance 2.4Level 1.8Level 1 looks like: Walk 1/4 mile
  • Trunk StrengthImportance 2.4Level 1.8Level 2 looks like: Sit up in an office chair
  • Arm-Hand SteadinessImportance 2.3Level 1.5Level 2 looks like: Light a candle
  • Control PrecisionImportance 2.3Level 1.5Level 2 looks like: Adjust a room light with a dimmer switch
  • Reaction TimeImportance 2.3Level 2.1Level 2 looks like: Start to slow down the car when a traffic light turns yellow
  • Static StrengthImportance 2.3Level 2.4Level 1 looks like: Push an empty shopping cart
  • Dynamic StrengthImportance 2.1Level 1.3Level 2 looks like: Use pruning shears to trim a bush
  • Extent FlexibilityImportance 2.1Level 1.5Level 2 looks like: Reach to adjust the radio in a car
  • Multilimb CoordinationImportance 2.1Level 1.3Level 2 looks like: Row a boat
  • Response OrientationImportance 2.1Level 2.0Level 2 looks like: When a doorbell and phone ring at the same time, quickly select which to answer first
  • Depth PerceptionImportance 2.0Level 1.3Level 2 looks like: Merge a car into traffic on a city street
  • Explosive StrengthImportance 2.0Level 1.8Level 2 looks like: Hit a nail with a hammer
  • Gross Body CoordinationImportance 2.0Level 2.0Level 2 looks like: Get in and out of a truck
  • Gross Body EquilibriumImportance 2.0Level 1.6Level 2 looks like: Stand on a ladder
  • Wrist-Finger SpeedImportance 2.0Level 1.3Level 2 looks like: Use a screwdriver to twist in a screw
  • Manual DexterityImportance 1.9Level 1.1Level 1 looks like: Screw a light bulb into a light socket
  • Rate ControlImportance 1.6Level 0.6Level 1 looks like: Ride a bicycle alongside a jogger
  • Speed of Limb MovementImportance 1.4Level 0.4
  • Dynamic FlexibilityImportance 1.3Level —
  • Sound LocalizationImportance 1.1Level —
  • Spatial OrientationImportance 1.1Level —
  • Glare SensitivityImportance 1.0Level —
  • Night VisionImportance 1.0Level —
  • Peripheral VisionImportance 1.0Level —

Work activities

Kinds of activity the work is made of.

  • Assisting and Caring for OthersImportance 4.7Level 5.7
  • Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or SubordinatesImportance 4.5Level 4.8Level 4 looks like: Report the results of a sales meeting to a supervisor
  • Documenting/Recording InformationImportance 4.5Level 4.8Level 4 looks like: Document the results of a crime scene investigation
  • Getting InformationImportance 4.4Level 4.5Level 4 looks like: Review a budget
  • Making Decisions and Solving ProblemsImportance 4.4Level 5.4Level 4 looks like: Select the location for a major retail store
  • Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing WorkImportance 4.4Level 5.1Level 4 looks like: Plan and adjust a personal to-do list according to changing demands
  • Identifying Objects, Actions, and EventsImportance 4.2Level 5.1Level 4 looks like: Judge the suitability of food products for an event
  • Training and Teaching OthersImportance 4.2Level 4.5Level 4 looks like: Teach a social sciences course to high school students
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  • Updating and Using Relevant KnowledgeImportance 4.2Level 5.4Level 4 looks like: Keep current on changes in maintenance procedures for repairing sports cars
  • Interpreting the Meaning of Information for OthersImportance 4.1Level 3.8Level 4 looks like: Interpret how foreign tax laws apply to U.S. exports
  • Working with ComputersImportance 4.1Level 3.6Level 4 looks like: Write software for keeping track of parts in inventory
  • Developing and Building TeamsImportance 4.0Level 3.6Level 4 looks like: Lead an assembly team in an automobile plant
  • Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal RelationshipsImportance 4.0Level 4.9Level 4 looks like: Maintain good working relationships with almost all coworkers and clients
  • Monitoring Processes, Materials, or SurroundingsImportance 4.0Level 4.8Level 4 looks like: Test electrical circuits
  • Performing for or Working Directly with the PublicImportance 4.0Level 4.1Level 4 looks like: Sell shoes in a crowded shoe store
  • Analyzing Data or InformationImportance 3.8Level 4.3Level 4 looks like: Determine the interest cost to finance a new building
  • Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with StandardsImportance 3.8Level 4.0Level 4 looks like: Evaluate a complicated insurance claim for compliance with policy terms
  • Performing General Physical ActivitiesImportance 3.8Level 3.9Level 4 looks like: Paint the outside of a house
  • Coaching and Developing OthersImportance 3.7Level 4.2Level 4 looks like: Provide on-the-job training for administrative workers
  • Coordinating the Work and Activities of OthersImportance 3.7Level 3.8Level 4 looks like: Organize the cleanup crew after a major sporting event
  • Guiding, Directing, and Motivating SubordinatesImportance 3.7Level 4.2Level 4 looks like: Manage a small team of employees in a dynamic workplace
  • Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with OthersImportance 3.7Level 4.2Level 4 looks like: Get two subordinates to agree about vacation schedules
  • Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or MaterialsImportance 3.6Level 3.3Level 4 looks like: Inspect equipment in a chemical processing plant
  • Processing InformationImportance 3.5Level 4.3Level 4 looks like: Calculate the adjustments for insurance claims
  • Staffing Organizational UnitsImportance 3.5Level 3.6Level 4 looks like: Interview candidates for a sales position and make hiring recommendations
  • Thinking CreativelyImportance 3.5Level 4.2Level 4 looks like: Adapt popular music for a high school marching band
  • Communicating with People Outside the OrganizationImportance 3.4Level 3.3Level 4 looks like: Present information to potential clients about available services
  • Handling and Moving ObjectsImportance 3.4Level 4.5Level 4 looks like: Arrange books in a library
  • Monitoring and Controlling ResourcesImportance 3.3Level 3.3Level 4 looks like: Work as a chef responsible for ordering food for the menu
  • Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or PeopleImportance 3.2Level 3.7Level 4 looks like: Determine the value of property lost in a fire
  • Scheduling Work and ActivitiesImportance 3.2Level 3.8Level 4 looks like: Prepare the work schedule for salesclerks in a large retail store
  • Developing Objectives and StrategiesImportance 3.1Level 3.1Level 4 looks like: Develop the plan to complete the merger of two organizations over a 3-year period
  • Providing Consultation and Advice to OthersImportance 3.1Level 3.6Level 4 looks like: Recommend a new software package to increase operational efficiency
  • Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or InformationImportance 2.9Level 2.8
  • Performing Administrative ActivitiesImportance 2.9Level 3.0Level 4 looks like: Complete tax forms for a small business
  • Controlling Machines and ProcessesImportance 2.8Level 3.2Level 4 looks like: Operate a drilling rig
  • Repairing and Maintaining Electronic EquipmentImportance 2.4Level 2.0Level 1 looks like: Use display settings to adjust a television picture
  • Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical EquipmentImportance 2.1Level 1.4Level 1 looks like: Make simple, external adjustments to a door hinge with ordinary hand tools
  • Selling or Influencing OthersImportance 2.1Level 1.7Level 1 looks like: Convince a coworker to assist with an assignment
  • Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or EquipmentImportance 1.8Level 1.2Level 1 looks like: Drive a car
  • Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and EquipmentImportance 1.4Level 0.7Level 1 looks like: Specify the lighting for a work area

Work context

The conditions most characteristic of the work, on O*NET's 1–5 context scale.

  • Exposed to Disease or Infections5.0
  • Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams5.0
  • Telephone Conversations4.9
  • Work With or Contribute to a Work Group or Team4.9
  • Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets4.8
  • Contact With Others4.7
  • Importance of Being Exact or Accurate4.7
  • Physical Proximity4.7
  • Consequence of Error4.5
  • Dealing With Unpleasant, Angry, or Discourteous People4.5

Technology

24 tools

Software used in this work. In demand: among the tools job postings for this occupation name most. Hot: often named in job postings across the economy.

Hot (9)

  • eClinicalWorks EHR software
  • Microsoft Access
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Microsoft Word
  • SAP software
Other tools (15)
  • Allscripts Professional EHR
  • Amkai AmkaiCharts
  • Bizmatics PrognoCIS EMR
  • Cerner Millennium
  • ChartWare EMR
  • e-MDs software
  • GE Healthcare Centricity EMR
  • IBM Lotus Notes
  • Medscribbler Enterprise
  • MicroFour PracticeStudio.NET EMR
  • NextGen Healthcare Information Systems EMR
  • SOAPware EMR
  • StatCom Patient Flow Logistics Enterprise Suite
  • SynaMed EMR
  • Texas Medical Software SpringCharts EMR

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