From specialist nurse to nurse responsible for general care
54 of the 92 essential skills of a nurse responsible for general care are already essential for a specialist nurse — about 59% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from specialist nurse 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.
- 54
- skills carry over
- 38
- would be new
- 59%
- 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
54 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- accept own accountability
- adapt leadership styles in healthcare
- address problems critically
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- 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 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
- coordinate care
- deal with emergency care situations
- delegate emergency care
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- diagnose nursing 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
- follow clinical guidelines
- have computer literacy
- impact of social contexts on health
- implement fundamentals of nursing
- implement nursing care
- implement scientific decision making in healthcare
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- initiate life preserving measures
- interact with healthcare users
- listen actively
- manage information in health care
- manage multiple patients simultaneously
- manage personal professional development
- participate in health personnel training
- plan nursing care
and 14 more
What would be new
38 skillsEssential for a nurse responsible for general care and not for a specialist nurse. 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
- adolescence medicine
- apply organisational techniques
- biological chemistry
- citizen involvement in healthcare
- dietetics
- disability care
- evidence-based nursing care
- first aid
- general medicine
- geriatrics
- health care legislation
- human anatomy
- human physiology
- hygiene in a health care setting
- infection control
- innovation in nursing
- leadership in nursing
- newborn care
- nursing principles
- nursing science
- paediatrics
- palliative care
- pathology
- patient autonomy
- pedagogy
- person centred care
- pharmacology
- primary care
- provide stroke rehabilitation services
- psychiatry
- psychology
- public health
- resuscitation
- safe management of medicines
- scientific research methodology
- sociology
- surgery
Other moves from specialist nurse
2 roles- advanced nurse practitioner40 skills in common
- advanced physiotherapist25 skills in common
← specialist nursenurse responsible for general care →The other way round
No account needed to start
How far are you from being a nurse responsible for general care?
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