Occupation Atlasnurse responsible for general care
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/8d3e8aaa-791b-4c75-a465-f3f827028f50
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.
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Job Zone
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- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
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Occupational interest profile
SCISocial · Conventional · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- S Social5.57
- C Conventional4.75
- I Investigative4.71
- R Realistic3.46
- E Enterprising2.38
- A Artistic1.34
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Registered Nurses (29-1141.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (92)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- 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 (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
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 92 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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