specialist nurse (EN)
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Specialist nurses promote and restore people's health, and diagnose and care within a specific branch of the nursing field. Examples of such specialist nursing jobs include but are not restricted to; ambulatory care nurse, advanced practice nurse, cardiac nurse, dental nurse, community health nurse, forensic nurse, gastroenterology nurse, hospice and palliative care nurse, paediatric nurse, public health nurse, rehabilitation nurse, renal nurse and school nurse. Specialist nurses are general care nurses prepared beyond the level of a nurse generalist and authorised to practice as specialists with specific expertise in a branch of the nursing field.
Classification skills are not a measurement of your proficiency or future displaced hours.
Source aliases (EN)
- heart failure nurse
- cardiovascular nurse
- vascular nurse
- nurse practitioner
- company nurse
- nurse specialist
- specialist nurse practitioner
- paediatric nurse practitioner
- nursing specialist
- nurse heart diseases
- diabetes nurse
- intensive care nurse
- gerontological nurse practitioner
Skills and knowledge
Essential (EN) · 70
- respond to changing situations in health care
- manage hospital-acquired infections
- delegate emergency care
- educate on the prevention of illness
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- provide professional care in nursing
- contribute to continuity of health care
- use e-health and mobile health technologies
- promote a positive image of nursing
- perform bronchoscopy
- empathise with the healthcare user
- communicate in specialised nursing care
- impact of social contexts on health
- manage communicable disease
- empower individuals, families and groups
- diagnose nursing care
- participate in health personnel training
- implement fundamentals of nursing
- deal with emergency care situations
- manage trauma through surgical means
- initiate life preserving measures
- provide nursing advice on healthcare
- provide health education
- promote human rights
- plan nursing care
- manage information in health care
- promote health in specialised care
- communicate in healthcare
- coordinate care
- follow clinical guidelines
- advise on healthy lifestyles
- adapt leadership styles in healthcare
- apply person-centred care
- perform diagnostic testing for allergies
- advise on healthcare users' informed consent
- provide comprehensive care for patients with surgical conditions
- implement scientific decision making in healthcare
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- specialist nursing care
- comply with legislation related to health care
- evaluation in specialised nursing care
- listen actively
- apply nursing care in long-term care
- solve problems in healthcare
- use electronic health records in nursing
- manage personal professional development
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- analyse quality of nurse care
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
- address problems critically
- promote inclusion
- interact with healthcare users
- provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health
- manage adverse reactions to drugs
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- have computer literacy
- coach individuals in specialised nursing care
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- contribute to the advancements in specialised nursing care
- apply context specific clinical competences
- apply sustainability principles in health care
- evaluate nursing care
- refer healthcare users
- work in multidisciplinary health teams
- carry out nurse-led discharge
- manage multiple patients simultaneously
- accept own accountability
- implement nursing care
- carry out invasive cardiovascular procedures
- perform vascular surgery therapeutic procedures
Optional (EN) · 22
- conduct patch testing
- provide nursing care in community settings
- provide anti-cancer medical treatment
- assess physical conditions of clients
- address side effects of menopause
- simulation-based clinical education
- advise patients on infectious diseases when travelling
- follow-up patients with heart attack
- perform venous cannulation
- conduct preoperative investigations
- patient safety theories
- use clinical reasoning
- prescribe medication
- assist in epilepsy surgery
- treat endocrine disorders
- assist in kidney transplant
- provide palliative care
- conduct polysomnography
- use foreign languages for health-related research
- administer immunotherapy
- use foreign languages in patient care
- perform endoscopy
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