From midwife to nurse responsible for general care
30 of the 92 essential skills of a nurse responsible for general care are already essential for a midwife — about 33% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from midwife in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 30
- skills carry over
- 62
- would be new
- 33%
- of the target job covered
- 92
- essential skills of a nurse responsible for general care
What a nurse responsible for general care does
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.
What carries over
30 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- accept own accountability
- address problems critically
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- apply context specific clinical competences
- apply organisational techniques
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- contribute to continuity of health care
- deal with emergency care situations
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- dietetics
- educate on the prevention of illness
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- follow clinical guidelines
- health care legislation
- human anatomy
- hygiene in a health care setting
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- listen actively
- pathology
- pharmacology
- promote inclusion
- provide health education
- provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health
- psychology
- respond to changing situations in health care
- resuscitation
- use e-health and mobile health technologies
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
What would be new
62 skillsEssential for a nurse responsible for general care and not for a midwife. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- acute care
- adapt leadership styles in healthcare
- adolescence medicine
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- advise on healthy lifestyles
- analyse quality of nurse care
- apply nursing care in long-term care
- apply person-centred care
- apply sustainability principles in health care
- biological chemistry
- citizen involvement in healthcare
- communicate in healthcare
- coordinate care
- delegate emergency care
- diagnose nursing care
- disability care
- empathise with the healthcare user
- empower individuals, families and groups
- evaluate nursing care
- evidence-based nursing care
- first aid
- general medicine
- geriatrics
- have computer literacy
- human physiology
- impact of social contexts on health
- implement fundamentals of nursing
- implement nursing care
- implement scientific decision making in healthcare
- infection control
- initiate life preserving measures
- innovation in nursing
- interact with healthcare users
- leadership in nursing
- manage information in health care
- manage multiple patients simultaneously
- manage personal professional development
- newborn care
- nursing principles
- nursing science
and 22 more
Other moves from midwife
2 roles- orthoptist30 skills in common
- dietitian30 skills in common
← midwifenurse responsible for general care →The other way round
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How far are you from being a nurse responsible for general care?
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