Acute care nurses
Published on: Monday, August 02, 2021
By: K Krishnan
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The career of nursing is a highly respected field, and there is a great demand for highly skilled nurses around the globe today. If you are considering this exciting, growing and rewarding field, you should consider these many awesome reasons to pursue a career in nursing:
- There is a Major Nursing Shortage
- Job Flexibility Is High
- Enjoy Strong Personal Satisfaction
- Work in Many Locations
- Enjoy Career Mobility
- High Salaries
- Many Nursing Specialties
- Work in Many Different Patient Populations
Acute Care nurses
There are ordinary nurses and acute care nurses. 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.
What do acute care nurses do?
- Perform emergency medical procedures, such as basic cardiac life support (BLS), advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), and other condition-stabilizing interventions.
- Manage patients’ pain relief and sedation by providing pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions, monitoring patients’ responses, and changing care plans accordingly.
- Document data related to patients’ care, including assessment results, interventions, medications, patient responses, or treatment changes
- Diagnose acute or chronic conditions that could result in rapid physiological deterioration or life-threatening instability.
- Administer bloods and blood product transfusions or intravenous infusions, monitoring patients for adverse reactions.
What knowledge do you need?
- Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
- Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction..
- Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
- Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
What skills do you need?
Active Listening
Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Critical Thinking
Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
Monitoring
Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Reading Comprehension
Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
Service Orientation
Actively looking for ways to help people.
Education and training
To be a qualified nurse, you need to be a registered nurse first. If you want to be an acute care nurse, you need specialized knowledge and training. In Malaysia nursing courses are offered by Public and Private Nursing schools, such as :
Government Nursing Colleges
under the Ministry of Health
University of Malaya
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
International Medical
University Malaysia (IMU)
AIMST University
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
SEGi University
MAHSA University
Monash University
Melaka Manipal Medical College
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
For further information on nursing, you can contact:
Malaysian Society of Intensive Care
Unit 1.6, Level 1, Enterprise 3B, Jalan Innovasi 1 Technology Park Malaysia (TPM), Lebuhraya Puchong - Sungei Besi
Bukit Jalil, 57000 Kuala Lumpur
Persatuan Jururawat Malaysia,
Lot 14 A, Jln Utara A, Off, Jln Utara,
46200 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
