# Competences — nurse responsible for general care

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/8d3e8aaa-791b-4c75-a465-f3f827028f50).

## Essential

- **accept own accountability** (skill/competence)
- **acute care** (knowledge)
- **adapt leadership styles in healthcare** (skill/competence)
- **address problems critically** (skill/competence)
- **adhere to organisational guidelines** (skill/competence)
- **adolescence medicine** (knowledge)
- **advise on healthcare users' informed consent** (skill/competence)
- **advise on healthy lifestyles** (skill/competence)
- **analyse quality of nurse care** (skill/competence)
- **apply context specific clinical competences** (skill/competence)
- **apply nursing care in long-term care** (skill/competence)
- **apply organisational techniques** (skill/competence)
- **apply person-centred care** (skill/competence)
- **apply sustainability principles in health care** (skill/competence)
- **biological chemistry** (knowledge)
- **citizen involvement in healthcare** (knowledge)
- **communicate in healthcare** (skill/competence)
- **comply with legislation related to health care** (skill/competence)
- **comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice** (skill/competence)
- **contribute to continuity of health care** (skill/competence)
- **coordinate care** (skill/competence)
- **deal with emergency care situations** (skill/competence)
- **delegate emergency care** (skill/competence)
- **develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship** (skill/competence)
- **diagnose nursing care** (skill/competence)
- **dietetics** (knowledge)
- **disability care** (knowledge)
- **educate on the prevention of illness** (skill/competence)
- **empathise with the healthcare user** (skill/competence)
- **empower individuals, families and groups** (skill/competence)
- **ensure safety of healthcare users** (skill/competence)
- **evaluate nursing care** (skill/competence)
- **evidence-based nursing care** (knowledge)
- **first aid** (knowledge)
- **follow clinical guidelines** (skill/competence)
- **general medicine** (knowledge)
- **geriatrics** (knowledge)
- **have computer literacy** (skill/competence)
- **health care legislation** (knowledge)
- **human anatomy** (knowledge)
- **human physiology** (knowledge)
- **hygiene in a health care setting** (knowledge)
- **impact of social contexts on health** (knowledge)
- **implement fundamentals of nursing** (skill/competence)
- **implement nursing care** (skill/competence)
- **implement scientific decision making in healthcare** (skill/competence)
- **infection control** (knowledge)
- **inform policy makers on health-related challenges** (skill/competence)
- **initiate life preserving measures** (skill/competence)
- **innovation in nursing** (knowledge)
- **interact with healthcare users** (skill/competence)
- **leadership in nursing** (knowledge)
- **listen actively** (skill/competence)
- **manage information in health care** (skill/competence)
- **manage multiple patients simultaneously** (skill/competence)
- **manage personal professional development** (skill/competence)
- **newborn care** (knowledge)
- **nursing principles** (knowledge)
- **nursing science** (knowledge)
- **paediatrics** (knowledge)
- **palliative care** (knowledge)
- **participate in health personnel training** (skill/competence)
- **pathology** (knowledge)
- **patient autonomy** (knowledge)
- **pedagogy** (knowledge)
- **person centred care** (knowledge)
- **pharmacology** (knowledge)
- **plan nursing care** (skill/competence)
- **primary care** (knowledge)
- **promote a positive image of nursing** (skill/competence)
- **promote human rights** (skill/competence)
- **promote inclusion** (skill/competence)
- **provide comprehensive care for patients with surgical conditions** (skill/competence)
- **provide health education** (skill/competence)
- **provide nursing advice on healthcare** (skill/competence)
- **provide professional care in nursing** (skill/competence)
- **provide stroke rehabilitation services** (skill/competence)
- **provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health** (skill/competence)
- **psychiatry** (knowledge)
- **psychology** (knowledge)
- **public health** (knowledge)
- **respond to changing situations in health care** (skill/competence)
- **resuscitation** (knowledge)
- **safe management of medicines** (knowledge)
- **scientific research methodology** (knowledge)
- **sociology** (knowledge)
- **solve problems in healthcare** (skill/competence)
- **surgery** (knowledge)
- **use e-health and mobile health technologies** (skill/competence)
- **use electronic health records in nursing** (skill/competence)
- **work in a multicultural environment in health care** (skill/competence)
- **work in multidisciplinary health teams** (skill/competence)

## Optional

- advise patients on infectious diseases when travelling (skill/competence)
- assist in kidney transplant (skill/competence)
- carry out nurse-led discharge (skill/competence)
- patient safety theories (knowledge)
- perform venous cannulation (skill/competence)
- prescribe medication (skill/competence)
- provide nursing care in community settings (skill/competence)
- provide palliative care (skill/competence)
- simulation-based clinical education (knowledge)
- supervise medical residents (skill/competence)
- treat medical conditions of elderly people (skill/competence)
- use clinical reasoning (skill/competence)
- use foreign languages for health-related research (skill/competence)
- use foreign languages in patient care (skill/competence)