nurse responsible for general care
Nurses responsible for general care are in charge of promoting and restoring patients` health by providing physical and psychological support to patients, friends, and families. They also supervise assigned team members.
Also called: district nurse, healthcare nurse, learning disability nurse, community staff nurse, adult nurse, practice nurse, ward sister, mental health nurse
- 92
- essential skills
- 14
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
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Where you can go from here
8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
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- advanced nurse practitionerWhat changes?38 skills in common
- physiotherapistWhat changes?37 skills in common
- dietitian35 skills in common
- orthoptist34 skills in common
- occupational therapist33 skills in common
- speech and language therapist33 skills in common
- specialist chiropractor31 skills in common
Essential skills
92- accept own accountability
- acute care
- adapt leadership styles in healthcare
- address problems critically
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- adolescence medicine
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- advise on healthy lifestyles
- analyse quality of nurse care
- apply context specific clinical competences
- apply nursing care in long-term care
- apply organisational techniques
- apply person-centred care
- apply sustainability principles in health care
- biological chemistry
- citizen involvement in healthcare
- communicate in healthcare
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- contribute to continuity of health care
- coordinate care
- deal with emergency care situations
- delegate emergency care
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- diagnose nursing care
- dietetics
- disability care
- educate on the prevention of illness
- empathise with the healthcare user
- empower individuals, families and groups
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- evaluate nursing care
- evidence-based nursing care
- first aid
- follow clinical guidelines
- general medicine
- geriatrics
- have computer literacy
- health care legislation
- human anatomy
- human physiology
- hygiene in a health care setting
- impact of social contexts on health
- implement fundamentals of nursing
- implement nursing care
- implement scientific decision making in healthcare
- infection control
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- initiate life preserving measures
- innovation in nursing
- interact with healthcare users
- leadership in nursing
- listen actively
- manage information in health care
- manage multiple patients simultaneously
- manage personal professional development
- newborn care
- nursing principles
- nursing science
- paediatrics
- palliative care
- participate in health personnel training
- pathology
- patient autonomy
- pedagogy
- person centred care
- pharmacology
- plan nursing care
- primary care
- promote a positive image of nursing
- promote human rights
- promote inclusion
- provide comprehensive care for patients with surgical conditions
- provide health education
- provide nursing advice on healthcare
- provide professional care in nursing
- provide stroke rehabilitation services
- provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health
- psychiatry
- psychology
- public health
- respond to changing situations in health care
- resuscitation
- safe management of medicines
- scientific research methodology
- sociology
- solve problems in healthcare
- surgery
- use e-health and mobile health technologies
- use electronic health records in nursing
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
Optional skills
14- advise patients on infectious diseases when travelling
- assist in kidney transplant
- carry out nurse-led discharge
- patient safety theories
- perform venous cannulation
- prescribe medication
- provide nursing care in community settings
- provide palliative care
- simulation-based clinical education
- supervise medical residents
- treat medical conditions of elderly people
- use clinical reasoning
- use foreign languages for health-related research
- use foreign languages in patient care
Definition and skills from ESCO, published by the European Commission. Source concept
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