| While there are a variety of career paths available | | | | anticipated that the need for ACNPs will rise as well. |
| for anyone pursuing a degree in nursing, there are | | | | In addition to emergency rooms and critical care |
| few nursing jobs more challenging than that of the | | | | treatment facilities, some of the specific |
| acute care nurse practitioner. ACNPs are responsible | | | | environments in which acute care nursing practitioners |
| for taking care of the treatment needs of patients | | | | provide their services include operating rooms, private |
| seeking treatment in emergency rooms, or | | | | doctors' offices, and clinics for walk-in patients. |
| convalescing in intensive care wards. These acute | | | | ACNPs are trained to provide treatment for patients |
| care nursing professionals work in some of the most | | | | recovering from severe injuries and conditions such |
| fast-paced health care environments and do so with | | | | as cardiac arrest and shock. Often times, the patients |
| grace and compassion. And as the nation's reliance on | | | | are recovering from surgical procedures and require |
| emergency room visits continues to grow, it is | | | | extensive monitoring as well as continuing therapy. |