From nurse assistant to nurse responsible for general care
30 of the 92 essential skills of a nurse responsible for general care are already essential for a nurse assistant — about 33% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from nurse assistant 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
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- apply nursing care in long-term care
- apply person-centred care
- apply sustainability principles in health care
- communicate in healthcare
- comply with legislation related to health care
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- contribute to continuity of health care
- disability care
- empathise with the healthcare user
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- first aid
- follow clinical guidelines
- health care legislation
- hygiene in a health care setting
- implement fundamentals of nursing
- implement nursing care
- interact with healthcare users
- listen actively
- nursing principles
- nursing science
- person centred care
- plan nursing care
- promote inclusion
- provide professional care in nursing
- respond to changing situations in health care
- solve problems in healthcare
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
What would be new
62 skillsEssential for a nurse responsible for general care and not for a nurse assistant. 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
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- adolescence medicine
- advise on healthy lifestyles
- analyse quality of nurse care
- apply context specific clinical competences
- apply organisational techniques
- biological chemistry
- citizen involvement in healthcare
- coordinate care
- deal with emergency care situations
- delegate emergency care
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- diagnose nursing care
- dietetics
- educate on the prevention of illness
- empower individuals, families and groups
- evaluate nursing care
- evidence-based nursing care
- general medicine
- geriatrics
- have computer literacy
- human anatomy
- human physiology
- impact of social contexts on health
- implement scientific decision making in healthcare
- infection control
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- initiate life preserving measures
- innovation in nursing
- leadership in nursing
- manage information in health care
- manage multiple patients simultaneously
- manage personal professional development
- newborn care
- paediatrics
- palliative care
- participate in health personnel training
- pathology
and 22 more
Other moves from nurse assistant
2 roles- specialist nurse23 skills in common
- advanced nurse practitioner20 skills in common
← nurse assistantnurse 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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