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Where an advanced nurse practitioner can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an advanced nurse practitioner already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Advanced nurse practitioners are in charge of promoting and restoring patients` health, provide diagnosis and care in advanced settings, coordinating care within areas of chronic disease management, providing integrated care, and supervising assigned team members. Advanced nurse practitioners are general care nurses who have acquired an expert knowledge base, complex decision making skills and clinical competencies for expanded clinical practice on advanced level.

Also known as lead practice nurse, advanced nurse manager, operating room nurse manager, clinical nurse, clinical matron, clinical trials nurse, infection control nurse, head of community nursing, clinical academic nurse specialist, operating room nurse, advanced nursing practitioner, consultant health visitor.

Professionals 93 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: specialist nurse, 73%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1

70% and above · short step
50 to 70% · real move
Below 50% · substantial retraining

The 5 nearest destinations from advanced nurse practitioner, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role an advanced nurse practitioner already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.

Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

An advanced nurse practitioner needs 57 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area

conduct research in advanced nursing care information skills
contribute to high level health strategic decisions management skills
diagnose advanced nursing care information skills
lead research activities in nursing information skills
mentor other health professionals communication, collaboration and creativity
prescribe advanced nursing care assisting and caring
specialist nursing care health and welfare
analyse quality of nurse care information skills
carry out nurse-led discharge management skills
diagnose nursing care information skills

Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an advanced nurse practitioner does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Advanced nurse practitioner is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an advanced nurse practitioner’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.