Skills required include accessing and managing ports, BiPAP and CPAP management, blood product administration, central line blood draws, chest tube management, colostomy and ileostomy care, feeding tube care, interpretation of dysrhythmias, isolation precautions, cardiac drip management, telemetry monitoring, and wound care. Common patient diagnoses include stroke, TIA, seizure, syncope, pneumonia, chest pain, dialysis, acute kidney failure, post-heart catheterization, respiratory failure, encephalopathy, CHF, and sepsis.