What's considered acute care experience?

[lschultz777]

I'm having such a hard time getting a FT WAH CM position. But I came across a job positing for CM WAH, with acute care experience. I work as a CM for short term home care, usually post hospitalization.

Would this be considered acute care: IVs, PICCs, Mediports, Cpaps for preemies, Chest Tubes, Jackson Pratt drains, Foleys, colostomies , urostomies, wound care, wound vacs, suture removals, blood draws, TPN, G-tubes, post ops (ortho, cardio, GI, GU, respiratory, transplants, ...), chemotherapy in the home, Complex Disease Management (everything), trachs, O2 management,

[Neats, BSN]

Acute Care Nursing is for patient who are seriously ill/diagnosis that include severe injury and chronic illness, to strokes and infectious diseases.

Day to Day responsibilities include nursing care such as recording patient medical information, assisting physicians during examinations and taking tissue and blood samples. Specialized duties include administering prescribed medications, typically intravenously, ordering and evaluating diagnostic tests, monitoring specialized equipment and interpreting electronic displays, such as cardiac monitors, respirators, ventilators, manometers and oxygen pumps, as well as responding to life-threatening situations based upon standing protocols and developing ongoing care plans. Then lastly we handle family concerns/questions. Whew!!!!!

"Would this be considered acute care: IVs, PICCs, Mediports, Cpaps for preemies, Chest Tubes, Jackson Pratt drains, Foleys, colostomies , urostomies, wound care, wound vacs, suture removals, blood draws, TPN, G-tubes, post ops (ortho, cardio, GI, GU, respiratory, transplants, ...), chemotherapy in the home, Complex Disease Management (everything), trachs, O2 management,"

I consider the drains, Foleys, ostomies wound care, TPN, Tubes, trach, suture removal, and O2 management chronic and Long Term. (Just my view)

Some of what you described is Sub acute, some acute, some clinical office setting, and some long term care.

[KelRN215, BSN, RN]

When I see job postings that ask for acute care experience, I interpret that as hospital bedside.