nurse assistanttonurse responsible for general care
A nurse assistant already meets 50% of what the nurse responsible for general care role asks for. The move turns on 44 required skills not yet in the profile.
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1 Share of the nurse responsible for general care role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the nurse assistant profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A nurse responsible for general care role treats 48 of its required skills as things a nurse assistant already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- accept own accountability
- acute care
- address problems critically
- adolescence medicine
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- apply nursing care in long-term care
What stands in the way is 44 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 49 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A nurse responsible for general care role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a nurse assistant background worth leading with.
- already held adolescence medicine health and welfare
- already held person centred care health and welfare
- already held apply sustainability principles in health care assisting and caring
- already held acute care health and welfare
- already held apply nursing care in long-term care assisting and caring
- already held implement nursing care assisting and caring
All 49 carried skills, including the 48 the nurse responsible for general care role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 57 missing skills fall into 10 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held apply context specific clinical competences required
- required, not held empower individuals, families and groups required
- required, not held participate in health personnel training required
- required, not held provide comprehensive care for patients with surgical conditions required
- required, not held provide nursing advice on healthcare required
- required, not held advise on healthy lifestyles required
- required, not held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship required
- required, not held educate on the prevention of illness required
- required, not held inform policy makers on health-related challenges required
- required, not held promote human rights required
- required, not held provide health education required
- required, not held work in a multicultural environment in health care required
- optional, not held advise patients on infectious diseases when travelling optional
- optional, not held use clinical reasoning optional
- optional, not held use foreign languages for health-related research optional
- optional, not held use foreign languages in patient care optional
- required, not held citizen involvement in healthcare required
- required, not held evidence-based nursing care required
- required, not held leadership in nursing required
- required, not held patient autonomy required
- required, not held dietetics required
- required, not held surgery required
- required, not held impact of social contexts on health required
- required, not held newborn care required
- required, not held psychiatry required
- required, not held public health required
- optional, not held patient safety theories optional
- required, not held coordinate care required
- required, not held delegate emergency care required
- required, not held provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health required
- required, not held adapt leadership styles in healthcare required
- required, not held apply organisational techniques required
- required, not held implement scientific decision making in healthcare required
- required, not held manage personal professional development required
- optional, not held carry out nurse-led discharge optional
- optional, not held supervise medical residents optional
- required, not held manage multiple patients simultaneously required
- required, not held provide stroke rehabilitation services required
- required, not held adhere to organisational guidelines required
- required, not held initiate life preserving measures required
- optional, not held provide nursing care in community settings optional
- optional, not held prescribe medication optional
- optional, not held provide palliative care optional
- optional, not held treat medical conditions of elderly people optional
- required, not held analyse quality of nurse care required
- required, not held diagnose nursing care required
- required, not held evaluate nursing care required
- required, not held manage information in health care required
- required, not held pedagogy required
- required, not held scientific research methodology required
- optional, not held simulation-based clinical education optional
4 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a nurse responsible for general care role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 citizen involvement in healthcare knowledge · occupation specific
- 02 evidence-based nursing care knowledge · occupation specific
- 03 leadership in nursing knowledge · occupation specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 49 skills that carry over
- already held accept own accountability skill
- already held acute care knowledge
- already held address problems critically skill
- already held adolescence medicine knowledge
- already held advise on healthcare users' informed consent skill
- already held apply nursing care in long-term care skill
- already held apply person-centred care skill
- already held apply sustainability principles in health care skill
- already held communicate in healthcare skill
- already held comply with legislation related to health care skill
- already held comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice skill
- already held contribute to continuity of health care skill
- already held deal with emergency care situations skill
- already held disability care knowledge
- already held empathise with the healthcare user skill
- already held ensure safety of healthcare users skill
- already held first aid knowledge
- already held follow clinical guidelines skill
- already held general medicine knowledge
- already held geriatrics knowledge
- already held health care legislation knowledge
- already held human anatomy knowledge
- already held human physiology knowledge
- already held hygiene in a health care setting knowledge
- already held implement fundamentals of nursing skill
- already held implement nursing care skill
- already held infection control knowledge
- already held innovation in nursing knowledge
- already held interact with healthcare users skill
- already held listen actively skill
- already held nursing principles knowledge
- already held nursing science knowledge
- already held paediatrics knowledge
- already held palliative care knowledge
- already held pathology knowledge
- already held person centred care knowledge
- already held pharmacology knowledge
- already held plan nursing care skill
- already held primary care knowledge
- already held promote a positive image of nursing skill
- already held promote inclusion skill
- already held provide professional care in nursing skill
- already held respond to changing situations in health care skill
- already held resuscitation knowledge
- already held safe management of medicines knowledge
- already held solve problems in healthcare skill
- already held use electronic health records in nursing skill
- already held work in multidisciplinary health teams skill
- already held perform venous cannulation skill
The 4 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held psychology required
- required, not held sociology required
- required, not held use e-health and mobile health technologies required
- required, not held have computer literacy required
- required, not held biological chemistry required
- optional, not held assist in kidney transplant optional
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held advise patients on infectious diseases when travelling optional
- optional, not held provide nursing care in community settings optional
- optional, not held assist in kidney transplant optional
- optional, not held carry out nurse-led discharge optional
- optional, not held patient safety theories optional
- optional, not held prescribe medication optional
- optional, not held provide palliative care optional
- optional, not held simulation-based clinical education optional
- optional, not held supervise medical residents optional
- optional, not held treat medical conditions of elderly people optional
- optional, not held use clinical reasoning optional
- optional, not held use foreign languages for health-related research optional
- optional, not held use foreign languages in patient care optional
11 held skills the nurse responsible for general care role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role communicate with nursing staff skill
- not needed by the target role disability types knowledge
- not needed by the target role distribute meals to patients skill
- not needed by the target role follow-up patients with heart attack skill
- not needed by the target role identify abnormalities skill
- not needed by the target role medicines knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor basic patients signs skill
- not needed by the target role perform diagnostic testing for allergies skill
- not needed by the target role provide basic support to patients skill
- not needed by the target role support nurses skill
- not needed by the target role work with nursing staff skill
17 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held citizen involvement in healthcare required
- required, not held evidence-based nursing care required
- required, not held leadership in nursing required
- required, not held patient autonomy required
- required, not held biological chemistry required
- required, not held dietetics required
- required, not held surgery required
- required, not held impact of social contexts on health required
- required, not held newborn care required
- required, not held pedagogy required
- required, not held psychiatry required
- required, not held psychology required
- required, not held public health required
- required, not held scientific research methodology required
- required, not held sociology required
- optional, not held patient safety theories optional
- optional, not held simulation-based clinical education optional
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.