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Bachelor Degree Entry Level Careers and Jobs (jobs after undergraduate degree)

Explore Careers and Jobs Predominantly Filled by Those with a Bachelor Degree, having 1 year or less of work experience - All On One Page

Sorted by median annual U.S. salary, including % with Bachelor's Degree, and % with 1 year experience (or less).

These entry-level roles are designed for new bachelor's degree graduates ready to start their first professional position. For recent graduates who want realistic starting points that match their degree and experience level. Compare starting salaries and degree-holder percentages, then access preparation resources built for new graduates.



4 Steps to Use This Page: 1-Explore Careers of Intrerest 2-See Job Listings Matched to Career 3-Prepare for the Career 4-See External Career Resources

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This page will take you through 4 steps, to find entry level Bachelor degree jobs and careers: (1) Select an entry-level career, (2) Find active job listings, (3) Prepare for the career you chose, and (4) Provide web resources specific to the career you chose.

Step 1: Select a Career: You will be presented with a listing of Bachelor's Degree entry-level careers. The list may be quite long. There are two ways you might like to use this list:
1) Filter - As you enter a word, you will filter (limit) the list of careers below
2) Browse the list (Don't Filter) - You can simply browse the list of careers. There may be many that you might never have considered. This may help you to discover entry-level careers that might be of interest.

Once you have identified a career of interest, simply click on it.

Step 2: Find a Job: After you have selected a career/job title above, you will see a form asking for your location. You will see several radio selection choices to utilize the job search site of your choice.



Step 3: Prepare For a Career: In this section you will gain access to detailed information to help you prepare for the career you selected. Information includes core and supplemental duties, general and specific work activities, knowledge required, essential and transferable skills required, day-in-the-life summaries, knowledge required, software skills required, preparation required, educational requirements, training and work experience required, local salary information, certifications, professional associations, current job listings for the job selected along with multiple similar job titles, and related careers (related to what they do, what they know, and what they're called).

Step 4: Career-Specific Resources (detailed and constantly updated): Continue to scroll down the page and you will find tabs that will provide detailed (updated) links to occupational information specific to the career you selected. This information includes:
Videos: Provides a listing of video links related to this career. A great way to get a quick overview of the occupation.
Resumes: Sources for resume materials and techniques. This can help to get you started.
Job Description: Sources that provide job descriptions, which are vital to resume and interview preparation.
Interviews: Provides links that can help you to prepare for and successfully complete the job interview.
Step by Step: Provides links to resources that can help to organize the career search process.
LinkedIn: One of the best professional social media sites that provides links, opportunities, and networking specifically for careers and career development.




Step 1 of 4: Select a Career

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What entry level jobs can you get with a Bachelor's Degree? Scroll through the picklist (below). These are entry level careers (1 year or less work experience) related to the Bachelor's Degree level, with at least 30% of job holders having a Bachelor's Degree. - 110 specific careers are listed. Select those careers that may be of interest - you will then get links to matching active job listings, and detailed resources to help you prepare.
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Select a Job Title - Sorted by Annual Salary -(scroll and Select) :
Legend: Career Title Link / (% having Bachelor's Degree) / (% having less than 1 year experience) / (Median Annual U.S. Salary)

Water Resource Specialists / 50.00% / 36.37% / ($157,740)
Medical Dosimetrists / 75.00% / 30.00% / ($132,880)
Actuaries / 89.28% / 82.14% / ($120,000)
Remote Sensing Scientists and Technologists / 76.00% / 36.00% / ($112,280)
Chemical Engineers / 95.65% / 78.26% / ($112,100)
Solar Energy Systems Engineers / 55.56% / 32.13% / ($111,970)
Photonics Engineers / 52.38% / 34.79% / ($111,970)
Orthoptists / 85.71% / 53.57% / ($107,990)
Materials Scientists / 66.66% / 52.38% / ($106,160)
Materials Engineers / 52.38% / 38.09% / ($104,100)
Computer Systems Analysts / 41.93% / 31.42% / ($103,800)
Fire-Prevention and Protection Engineers / 88.47% / 46.16% / ($103,690)
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers / 50.00% / 41.17% / ($101,800)
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers / 43.48% / 52.18% / ($100,730)
Environmental Engineers / 66.66% / 61.91% / ($100,090)
Computer Programmers / 88.04% / 40.18% / ($99,700)
Automotive Engineers / 71.43% / 38.09% / ($99,510)
Fuel Cell Engineers / 57.14% / 45.47% / ($99,510)
Manufacturing Engineers / 76.00% / 34.61% / ($99,380)
Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomists / 50.00% / 45.00% / ($99,380)
Video Game Designers / 55.00% / 40.00% / ($98,540)
Radiation Therapists / 37.54% / 42.76% / ($98,300)
Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists / 39.13% / 73.92% / ($96,370)
Transportation Engineers / 86.36% / 40.91% / ($95,890)
Water/Wastewater Engineers / 69.57% / 50.00% / ($95,890)
Transportation Planners / 55.00% / 35.00% / ($95,890)
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers / 40.62% / 53.13% / ($92,580)
Intelligence Analysts / 73.92% / 30.43% / ($91,100)
Molecular and Cellular Biologists / 34.62% / 38.46% / ($91,100)
Geographers / 45.00% / 45.00% / ($90,880)
Hydrologists / 43.48% / 45.46% / ($88,770)
Agricultural Engineers / 75.00% / 35.00% / ($88,750)
Acute Care Nurses / 66.66% / 52.38% / ($86,070)
Registered Nurses / 55.92% / 37.83% / ($86,070)
Critical Care Nurses / 50.00% / 60.71% / ($86,070)
Microbiologists / 72.73% / 54.55% / ($85,470)
Web Developers / 50.00% / 33.33% / ($84,960)
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers / 44.97% / 30.56% / ($84,570)
Financial Examiners / 95.66% / 47.83% / ($84,300)
Operations Research Analysts / 42.85% / 40.00% / ($83,640)
Food Scientists and Technologists / 81.82% / 54.55% / ($82,090)
Chemical Plant and System Operators / 36.27% / 34.85% / ($80,030)
Online Merchants / 41.29% / 37.80% / ($79,590)
Credit Analysts / 95.00% / 30.00% / ($79,420)
Logistics Engineers / 73.91% / 39.14% / ($79,400)
Landscape Architects / 95.00% / 36.84% / ($79,320)
Insurance Underwriters / 73.33% / 40.00% / ($77,860)
Commercial and Industrial Designers / 67.92% / 32.87% / ($76,250)
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists / 31.50% / 56.99% / ($76,210)
Environmental Compliance Inspectors / 75.00% / 40.00% / ($75,670)
Coroners / 50.00% / 40.00% / ($75,670)
Government Property Inspectors and Investigators / 39.34% / 49.63% / ($75,670)
Writers and Authors / 46.95% / 31.03% / ($73,690)
Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling / 52.12% / 30.60% / ($73,460)
Dietitians and Nutritionists / 63.33% / 30.00% / ($69,680)
Electrical and Electronics Drafters / 40.08% / 46.57% / ($69,260)
Conservation Scientists / 78.27% / 39.14% / ($68,750)
Park Naturalists / 49.75% / 56.05% / ($68,750)
Surveyors / 47.37% / 30.00% / ($68,540)
Adapted Physical Education Specialists / 71.43% / 76.18% / ($67,190)
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School / 57.35% / 62.00% / ($66,620)
Special Education Teachers, Middle School / 82.51% / 53.04% / ($66,600)
Film and Video Editors / 65.10% / 32.92% / ($66,600)
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products / 33.89% / 36.34% / ($65,630)
Special Education Teachers, Preschool / 63.43% / 60.73% / ($65,270)
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education / 84.73% / 71.18% / ($65,220)
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School / 44.42% / 31.47% / ($65,130)
Forensic Science Technicians / 32.36% / 32.02% / ($64,940)
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education / 88.24% / 62.40% / ($64,290)
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School / 80.62% / 56.90% / ($63,860)
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education / 78.17% / 63.08% / ($63,680)
Music Therapists / 84.62% / 65.38% / ($63,650)
Real Estate Brokers / 45.33% / 36.44% / ($63,060)
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education / 86.20% / 75.61% / ($62,690)
Interior Designers / 84.00% / 40.00% / ($62,510)
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists / 88.03% / 43.28% / ($61,800)
Paralegals and Legal Assistants / 46.50% / 34.43% / ($60,970)
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors / 52.22% / 39.65% / ($60,560)
Fish and Game Wardens / 79.35% / 45.27% / ($60,380)
Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators / 35.12% / 42.16% / ($59,300)
Computer User Support Specialists / 47.32% / 32.44% / ($59,240)
Insurance Sales Agents / 46.90% / 72.73% / ($59,080)
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents / 33.61% / 38.40% / ($58,530)
Recreational Therapists / 97.30% / 55.26% / ($57,120)
Interpreters and Translators / 54.72% / 35.52% / ($57,090)
Chemical Technicians / 43.74% / 47.59% / ($56,750)
Social Science Research Assistants / 54.32% / 46.58% / ($56,400)
Exercise Physiologists / 59.09% / 50.00% / ($54,860)
Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians / 72.05% / 33.89% / ($54,000)
Child, Family, and School Social Workers / 68.66% / 36.21% / ($53,940)
Desktop Publishers / 38.70% / 45.93% / ($51,290)
Airfield Operations Specialists / 50.86% / 50.32% / ($51,140)
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health / 68.18% / 68.18% / ($50,660)
Statistical Assistants / 61.28% / 36.94% / ($50,510)
Food Science Technicians / 32.33% / 67.10% / ($49,090)
Proofreaders and Copy Markers / 47.30% / 47.90% / ($48,790)
Cargo and Freight Agents / 30.75% / 74.53% / ($48,330)
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping / 33.81% / 30.88% / ($47,710)
Loan Interviewers and Clerks / 38.26% / 36.81% / ($47,380)
Coaches and Scouts / 48.89% / 33.27% / ($45,910)
Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys / 35.18% / 40.27% / ($44,890)
Speech-Language Pathology Assistants / 37.46% / 85.80% / ($44,490)
Rehabilitation Counselors / 55.86% / 55.52% / ($44,040)
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary / 57.32% / 66.98% / ($43,750)
Precision Agriculture Technicians / 34.78% / 43.48% / ($43,180)
Social and Human Service Assistants / 40.46% / 60.58% / ($41,410)
Tutors / 40.91% / 72.73% / ($39,580)
Residential Advisors / 31.29% / 65.91% / ($37,950)
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term / 40.15% / 66.44% / ($37,380)
Recreation Workers / 61.96% / 40.14% / ($34,410)

Step 2 of 4: Find a Job

Job Listings for: Acute Care Nurses.

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Step 3 of 4: Prepare For a Career

Prepare for the "Acute Care Nurses" Career
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Acute Care Nurses

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.
Please click on a section below to expand and see detailed occupational information related to "Acute Care Nurses":

Core Duties

Important Core Job Duties (in order of importance)
For the Top 5 most important - How can you build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation.
Importance (%) Description
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Discuss illnesses and treatments with patients and family members.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Participate in the development of practice protocols.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Provide formal and informal education to other staff members.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Read current literature, talk with colleagues, and participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in acute care.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Treat wounds or superficial lacerations.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Participate in patients' care meetings and conferences.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Assess the needs of patients' family members or caregivers.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Collaborate with members of multidisciplinary health care teams to plan, manage, or assess patient treatments.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Manage patients' pain relief and sedation by providing pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions, monitoring patients' responses, and changing care plans accordingly.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Obtain specimens or samples for laboratory work.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Administer blood and blood product transfusions or intravenous infusions, monitoring patients for adverse reactions.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Document data related to patients' care, including assessment results, interventions, medications, patient responses, or treatment changes.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Perform emergency medical procedures, such as basic cardiac life support (BLS), advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), and other condition-stabilizing interventions.
Importance: 95 (%) Description: 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: 95 (%) Description: Perform administrative duties that facilitate admission, transfer, or discharge of patients.
Importance: 95 (%) Description: Set up, operate, or monitor invasive equipment and devices, such as colostomy or tracheotomy equipment, mechanical ventilators, catheters, gastrointestinal tubes, and central lines.
Importance: 95 (%) Description: Assess urgent and emergent health conditions, using both physiologically and technologically derived data.
Importance: 95 (%) Description: Collaborate with patients to plan for future health care needs or to coordinate transitions and referrals.
Importance: 90 (%) Description: Interpret information obtained from electrocardiograms (EKGs) or radiographs (x-rays).
Importance: 89 (%) Description: Distinguish between normal and abnormal developmental and age-related physiological and behavioral changes in acute, critical, and chronic illness.
Importance: 81 (%) Description: Analyze the indications, contraindications, risk complications, and cost-benefit tradeoffs of therapeutic interventions.
Importance: 81 (%) Description: Assist patients in organizing their health care system activities.
Importance: 75 (%) Description: Diagnose acute or chronic conditions that could result in rapid physiological deterioration or life-threatening instability.
Supplemental Duties
Important Supplemental Job Duties (in order of importance)
For the Top 5 most important - How can you build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation.
Importance (%) Description
Importance: 67 (%) Description: Adjust settings on patients' assistive devices, such as temporary pacemakers.
Importance: 52 (%) Description: 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: 52 (%) Description: Refer patients for specialty consultations or treatments.
Importance: 42 (%) Description: Prescribe medications and observe patients' reactions, modifying prescriptions as needed.
Work Activities

Important General Work Activities (in order of importance)
For the Top 5 most important - How can you build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation.
Importance (%) Description
Importance: 93 (%) Description: Assisting and Caring for Others: Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
Importance: 90 (%) Description: Documenting/Recording Information: Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
Importance: 89 (%) Description: Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates: Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
Importance: 88 (%) Description: Making Decisions and Solving Problems: Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
Importance: 87 (%) Description: Getting Information: Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
Importance: 87 (%) Description: Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work: Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
Importance: 84 (%) Description: Training and Teaching Others: Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
Importance: 84 (%) Description: Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge: Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
Importance: 83 (%) Description: Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events: Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
Importance: 82 (%) Description: Working with Computers: Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
Importance: 81 (%) Description: Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others: Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
Importance: 80 (%) Description: Developing and Building Teams: Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
Importance: 80 (%) Description: Performing for or Working Directly with the Public: Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
Importance: 79 (%) Description: Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings: Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
Importance: 79 (%) Description: Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships: Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
Importance: 75 (%) Description: Performing General Physical Activities: Performing general physical activities includes doing activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials.
Importance: 75 (%) Description: Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards: Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
Importance: 75 (%) Description: Analyzing Data or Information: Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
Importance: 74 (%) Description: Coaching and Developing Others: Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
Importance: 74 (%) Description: Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates: Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
Importance: 74 (%) Description: Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others: Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
Importance: 73 (%) Description: Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others: Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.
Importance: 72 (%) Description: Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials: Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
Importance: 71 (%) Description: Thinking Creatively: Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
Importance: 70 (%) Description: Staffing Organizational Units: Recruiting, interviewing, selecting, hiring, and promoting employees in an organization.
Importance: 69 (%) Description: Processing Information: Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
Importance: 69 (%) Description: Handling and Moving Objects: Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
Importance: 68 (%) Description: Communicating with People Outside the Organization: Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
Importance: 65 (%) Description: Monitoring and Controlling Resources: Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money.
Importance: 65 (%) Description: Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People: Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
Importance: 63 (%) Description: Scheduling Work and Activities: Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
Importance: 63 (%) Description: Providing Consultation and Advice to Others: Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics.
Importance: 62 (%) Description: Developing Objectives and Strategies: Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
Specific Work Activities

Important Specific Work Activities
How can you begin to build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation. Specific Work Activities appear below:
Adjust prostheses or other assistive devices.
Administer anesthetics or sedatives to control pain.
Administer blood or other fluids intravenously.
Advise patients on healthcare system processes.
Analyze patient data to determine patient needs or treatment goals.
Analyze test data or images to inform diagnosis or treatment.
Assess patient work, living, or social environments.
Collaborate with healthcare professionals to plan or provide treatment.
Collect biological specimens from patients.
Communicate detailed medical information to patients or family members.
Diagnose medical conditions.
Establish nursing policies or standards.
Evaluate patient functioning, capabilities, or health.
Evaluate treatment options to guide medical decisions.
Maintain medical or professional knowledge.
Monitor patient conditions during treatments, procedures, or activities.
Monitor patient progress or responses to treatments.
Monitor patients following surgeries or other treatments.
Operate diagnostic or therapeutic medical instruments or equipment.
Order medical diagnostic or clinical tests.
Prepare medical supplies or equipment for use.
Prescribe medications.
Process healthcare paperwork.
Record patient medical histories.
Refer patients to other healthcare practitioners or health resources.
Train medical providers.
Treat acute illnesses, infections, or injuries.
Treat medical emergencies.
Knowledge Required

Knowledge Required (in order of importance)
For the Top 5 most important - How can you build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation.
Importance (%) Description
Importance: 94 (%) Description: Medicine and Dentistry: 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.
Importance: 84 (%) Description: Customer and Personal Service: 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.
Importance: 84 (%) Description: Education and Training: Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
Importance: 79 (%) Description: English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, and rules of composition and grammar.
Importance: 74 (%) Description: Psychology: 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.
Importance: 71 (%) Description: Therapy and Counseling: Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance.
Importance: 68 (%) Description: Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
Importance: 67 (%) Description: Public Safety and Security: Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
Importance: 67 (%) Description: Biology: Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
Essential Skills

Essential Skills (in order of importance)
These are the foundational skills most central to success in this occupation. For the Top 5 most important, how can you begin building experience and confidence using these skills now?
Importance (%) Description
Importance: 68 (%) Description: Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
Importance: 68 (%) Description: Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Importance: 68 (%) Description: Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Importance: 66 (%) Description: 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.
Importance: 66 (%) Description: Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Importance: 66 (%) Description: Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Importance: 66 (%) Description: Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Importance: 56 (%) Description: Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
Transferable Skills

Transferable Skills (in order of importance)
These are skills that can transfer across occupations and industries. For the Top 5 most important, how can you strengthen these skills now so they support both this career and future career flexibility?
Importance (%) Description
Importance: 68 (%) Description: Service Orientation: Actively looking for ways to help people.
Importance: 66 (%) Description: Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Importance: 66 (%) Description: Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Importance: 66 (%) Description: Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Importance: 66 (%) Description: Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Importance: 58 (%) Description: Instructing: Teaching others how to do something.
Importance: 58 (%) Description: Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.
Importance: 52 (%) Description: Persuasion: Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
Importance: 52 (%) Description: Systems Evaluation: Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
Importance: 52 (%) Description: Management of Personnel Resources: Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
Day-in-the-Life Summaries

Day-in-the-Life Summaries
These summaries show the main types of activities you are likely to perform on a regular basis in this occupation. How can you imagine your typical workday — using these examples to see if this type of work fits you?
Activity: Adjust medical equipment to ensure adequate performance.
Activity: Administer basic health care or medical treatments.
Activity: Administer emergency medical treatment.
Activity: Advise patients or clients on medical issues.
Activity: Analyze health or medical data.
Activity: Assess living, work, or social needs or status of individuals or communities.
Activity: Assist others to access additional services or resources.
Activity: Collect environmental or biological samples.
Activity: Confer with healthcare or other professionals about patient care.
Activity: Develop operational or technical procedures or standards.
Activity: Diagnose health conditions or disorders.
Activity: Evaluate patient or client condition or treatment options.
Activity: Explain medical information to patients or family members.
Activity: Maintain current knowledge in area of expertise.
Activity: Maintain health or medical records.
Activity: Monitor health conditions of humans or animals.
Activity: Operate medical equipment.
Activity: Order medical tests or procedures.
Activity: Perform administrative or clerical activities.
Activity: Prepare medical equipment or work areas for use.
Activity: Prescribe medical treatments or devices.
Activity: Train others on health or medical topics.
Activity: Treat injuries, illnesses, or diseases.
Software Skills

Software Skills
These are examples of software tools commonly used in this occupation, organized from most to least important for your career preparation. How can you start learning or practicing the highest-priority tools so that you feel confident using them on the job?
Emerging Tech Skills
Data base user interface and query software:
Microsoft Access
Electronic mail software:
Microsoft Outlook
Enterprise resource planning ERP software:
SAP software
Medical software:
eClinicalWorks EHR software
Office suite software:
Microsoft Office software
Presentation software:
Microsoft PowerPoint
Project management software:
Microsoft Teams
Spreadsheet software:
Microsoft Excel
Word processing software:
Microsoft Word
General Software Tools
Electronic mail software:
IBM Lotus Notes
Medical software (scroll table below):
Allscripts Professional EHR
Amkai AmkaiCharts
Bizmatics PrognoCIS EMR
Cerner Millennium
ChartWare EMR
e-MDs software
GE Healthcare Centricity EMR
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
Preparation Required
Preparation Required - How much preparation is needed to obtain this type of job?
Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
Many of these occupations involve coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. Examples include real estate brokers, sales managers, database administrators, graphic designers, conservation scientists, art directors, and cost estimators.
Education Required

Education Required - by frequency of educational attainment
This shows you details about the level of education most commonly held by workers in this occupation. How can you begin planning the educational pathway that will prepare you best for this type of work?
Frequency of Attainment (%) Level of Education
Frequency of Attainment: 57.1 (%) Level of Education: Bachelor's Degree
Frequency of Attainment: 19.1 (%) Level of Education: Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree)
Frequency of Attainment: 9.5 (%) Level of Education: Post-Baccalaureate Certificate - awarded for completion of an organized program of study; designed for people who have completed a Baccalaureate degree but do not meet the requirements of academic degrees carrying the title of Master.
Frequency of Attainment: 4.8 (%) Level of Education: Master's Degree
Frequency of Attainment: 4.8 (%) Level of Education: Post-Master's Certificate - awarded for completion of an organized program of study; designed for people who have completed a Master's degree but do not meet the requirements of academic degrees at the doctoral level.
Frequency of Attainment: 4.8 (%) Level of Education: Doctoral Degree
Training and Experience Required

Training and Experience Required - by frequency of training and work experience attainment
This section shows you how often different types of training and work experience are required for this occupation. How can you start gaining the kinds of experience and training that are most common for this type of work?
Frequency of Attainment (%) Level of Training and Work Experience
Frequency of Attainment: 33.3 (%) Level of Training and Work Experience: None
Frequency of Attainment: 19.1 (%) Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year
Frequency of Attainment: 19.1 (%) Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years
Frequency of Attainment: 19.1 (%) Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years
Frequency of Attainment: 9.5 (%) Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 10 years
Professional Associations
Professional Associations
These associations connect people who work in this occupation or related fields. How can you start using these associations to learn more, build your network, or find mentoring opportunities?
American Academy of Urgent Care Medicine (AAUCM) External Link
Job Listings
Job Listings and Similar Occupational Titles - scroll and click to identify common requirements, keywords, and skills in current job listings
Acute Care Nurses
Acute Care Nurse
Admission Nurse
Admission Nurse Coordinator
Cardiac Interventional Care Nurse
Cardiovascular ICU Nurse (Cardiovascular Intense Care Unit Nurse)
Cardiovascular Surgery Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (Cardiovascular Surgery ACNP)
Care Transitions Manager
Care Transitions Nurse
Charge Nurse
Chronic Condition Nurse
DSU Nurse (Day Surgery Unit Nurse)
ICU RN (Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurse)
ICU Travel RN (Intensive Care Unit Travel Registered Nurse)
MSN (Medical Surgical Nurse)
Nurse
PACU RN (Post Anesthesia Care Unit Registered Nurse)
PACU Travel RN (Post Anesthesia Care Unit Travel Registered Nurse)
PCU RN (Progressive Care Unit Registered Nurse)
Pediatric Acute Care Unit Nurse
Post-Op RN (Postoperative Registered Nurse)
Pre-Op RN (Preoperative Registered Nurse)
Progressive Care RN (Progressive Care Registered Nurse)
Screening Unit RN (Screening Unit Registered Nurse)
Staff Nurse
Step Down RN (Step Down Registered Nurse)
Telemetry RN (Telemetry Registered Nurse)
Vascular Access Registered Nurse (Vascular Access RN)
Related Careers to Consider
Related Careers to Consider
This lists up to 20 careers that might be of interest to you (related to what "Acute Care Nurses" do, what they know, and what they're called), ranked by best fit. How do these related occupations align with your interests, skills, and goals?
1 - Registered Nurses
2 - Critical Care Nurses
3 - Clinical Nurse Specialists
4 - Paramedics
5 - Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses
6 - Nurse Midwives
7 - Respiratory Therapists
8 - Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
9 - Nursing Assistants
10 - Emergency Medical Technicians
11 - Nurse Practitioners
12 - Emergency Medicine Physicians
13 - Cardiologists
14 - Pediatric Surgeons
15 - Anesthesiologists
16 - General Internal Medicine Physicians
17 - Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric
18 - Nurse Anesthetists
19 - Family Medicine Physicians
20 - Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians

Step 4 of 4: Career-Specific Resources (detailed and constantly updated)

This section contains detailed resources appropriate to "Acute Care Nurses". Explore these resources to start learning more. Links are constantly updated, so bookmark this page.

Videos

Here is a listing of videos related to this career. A great way to get a quick overview of the occupation.


Resumes

Here are resources that allow you to see example resumes for this occupation. It may be helpful to see examples from others who have this type of experience.


Job Description

Here are resources that provide job descriptions, which are vital for resume and interview preparation.


Interviews

There are many great resources that can help guide you through the interview process. These links provide help in preparing and performing an effective interview, specific to this occupation.


Salary Data

Here are links to help you identify salary ranges for this occupation. These data are necessary prior to effective salary negotiations.


Raises

Here are resources that help you to prepare to ask for a raise. These links will help you to prepare for the salary negotiation process.


Jobs

Here are resources that lead to links for actual jobs related to "Acute Care Nurses". Use these links to find a job.


Jobs

Here are resources that lead to links for actual jobs related to "Acute Care Nurses". Use these links to find a job.


Classifieds

There are various sources for job classified ads. These links should help get you started to find a job for this occupation.


Step-by-Step

Here are links to help guide you, step-by-step, to become a(n): Acute Care Nurses


Career Change

Here are resources to help you prepare for a career change. It is helpful to look carefully at the information provided in Section 3: Career Change (detailed previously on this page) prior to using these links. There is much to learn ...


LinkedIn®

Here are links to various posts and groups from LinkedIn ® that relate to this occupation. Great way to start building professional contacts in the field that might be most appropriate for you.


Career Path

Here are links to various resources to help you explore the career path related to the "Acute Care Nurses" occupation.






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