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SNAPSHOT
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Provide advanced nursing care for patients in critical or coronary care units.
Leadership |
HIGH
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Critical decision making |
HIGH
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Level of responsibilities |
HIGH
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Job challenge and pressure to meet deadlines |
HIGH
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Dealing and handling conflict |
HIGH
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Competition for this position |
LOW
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Communication with others |
HIGH
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Work closely with team members, clients etc. |
HIGH
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Comfort of the work setting |
HIGH
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Exposure to extreme environmental conditions |
LOW
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Exposure to job hazards |
LOW
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Physical demands |
LOW
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DAILY TASKS
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Participate in the development, review, and evaluation of nursing practice protocols. |
Plan, provide, or evaluate educational programs for nursing staff, interdisciplinary health care team members, and community members. |
Coordinate patient care conferences. |
Provide post-mortem care. |
Identify malfunctioning equipment or devices. |
Administer blood and blood products, monitoring patients for signs and symptoms related to transfusion reactions. |
Identify patients who are at risk of complications due to nutritional status. |
Compile and analyze data obtained from monitoring or diagnostic tests. |
Assess patients' pain levels and sedation requirements. |
Advocate for patients' and families' needs, or provide emotional support for patients and their families. |
Administer medications intravenously, by injection, orally, through gastric tubes, or by other methods. |
MAIN ACTIVITIES
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Assisting and Caring for Others |
Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients. |
Getting Information |
Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings |
Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
Documenting/Recording Information |
Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates |
Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work |
Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
Making Decisions and Solving Problems |
Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships |
Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE
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Medicine and Dentistry |
Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures. |
English Language |
Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
Customer and Personal Service |
Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
Biology |
Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment. |
Psychology |
Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders. |
Mathematics |
Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
Education and Training |
Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. |
Therapy and Counseling |
Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance. |
KEY ABILITIES
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Oral Comprehension |
The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
Problem Sensitivity |
The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. |
Written Comprehension |
The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
Oral Expression |
The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
Deductive Reasoning |
The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
Inductive Reasoning |
The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
Speech Recognition |
The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
Information Ordering |
The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
TOP SKILLS
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Active Listening |
Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
Monitoring |
Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
Service Orientation |
Actively looking for ways to help people. |
Speaking |
Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
Social Perceptiveness |
Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
Reading Comprehension |
Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. |
Active Learning |
Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
Critical Thinking |
Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. |