Table 1Transition record

advanced nurse practitionertonurse assistant

A advanced nurse practitioner already meets 56% of what the nurse assistant role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.

From advanced nurse practitioner

56%

Overlap1

To nurse assistant

28 Skills carried over

13 Required, not held

55.5 Difficulty2

Career overlap Partial match

56%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

55.5/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the nurse assistant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the advanced nurse practitioner 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

Why this move works

A nurse assistant role treats 23 of its required skills as things a advanced nurse practitioner already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

accept own accountability
advise on healthcare users' informed consent
apply nursing care in long-term care
apply person-centred care
communicate with nursing staff
comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice

What stands in the way is 13 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 28 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A nurse assistant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a advanced nurse practitioner background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held apply nursing care in long-term care assisting and caring
already held communicate with nursing staff communication, collaboration and creativity
already held implement nursing care assisting and caring
already held plan nursing care management skills
already held solve problems in healthcare communication, collaboration and creativity
already held work with nursing staff communication, collaboration and creativity

All 28 carried skills, including the 23 the nurse assistant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 32 missing skills fall into 7 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.

Skill to acquire Tier

01 assisting and caring 4 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held provide basic support to patients required
required, not held apply sustainability principles in health care required
required, not held comply with legislation related to health care required
required, not held promote inclusion required

optional, not held distribute meals to patients optional
optional, not held follow-up patients with heart attack optional

02 health and welfare 3 required, 14 supplementary

required, not held disability care required
required, not held person centred care required
required, not held first aid required

optional, not held acute care optional
optional, not held palliative care optional
optional, not held adolescence medicine optional
optional, not held disability types optional
optional, not held general medicine optional
optional, not held geriatrics optional
optional, not held human anatomy optional
optional, not held human physiology optional
optional, not held infection control optional
optional, not held medicines optional
optional, not held paediatrics optional
optional, not held pathology optional
optional, not held primary care optional
optional, not held resuscitation optional

03 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held address problems critically required
required, not held communicate in healthcare required

optional, not held promote a positive image of nursing optional

04 information skills 2 required

required, not held monitor basic patients signs required
required, not held identify abnormalities required

05 services 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held hygiene in a health care setting required

optional, not held safe management of medicines optional

06 business, administration and law 1 required

required, not held health care legislation required

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a nurse assistant role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 28 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held accept own accountability skill
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 communicate with nursing staff skill
already held comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice skill
already held contribute to continuity of health care skill
already held empathise with the healthcare user skill
already held ensure safety of healthcare users skill
already held follow clinical guidelines skill
already held implement fundamentals of nursing skill
already held implement nursing care skill
already held interact with healthcare users skill
already held listen actively skill
already held nursing principles knowledge
already held nursing science knowledge
already held plan nursing care skill
already held provide professional care in nursing skill
already held respond to changing situations in health care skill
already held solve problems in healthcare skill
already held support nurses skill
already held work in multidisciplinary health teams skill
already held work with nursing staff skill
already held deal with emergency care situations skill
already held innovation in nursing knowledge
already held perform diagnostic testing for allergies skill
already held perform venous cannulation skill
already held use electronic health records in nursing skill

The 1 learning area not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary

optional, not held pharmacology optional

19 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held acute care optional
optional, not held distribute meals to patients optional
optional, not held follow-up patients with heart attack optional
optional, not held palliative care optional
optional, not held safe management of medicines optional
optional, not held adolescence medicine optional
optional, not held disability types optional
optional, not held general medicine optional
optional, not held geriatrics optional
optional, not held human anatomy optional
optional, not held human physiology optional
optional, not held infection control optional
optional, not held medicines optional
optional, not held paediatrics optional
optional, not held pathology optional
optional, not held pharmacology optional
optional, not held primary care optional
optional, not held promote a positive image of nursing optional
optional, not held resuscitation optional

65 held skills the nurse assistant role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role administer immunotherapy skill
not needed by the target role advise on healthy lifestyles skill
not needed by the target role advise patients on infectious diseases when travelling skill
not needed by the target role analyse quality of nurse care skill
not needed by the target role apply context specific clinical competences skill
not needed by the target role apply organisational techniques skill
not needed by the target role assess physical conditions of clients skill
not needed by the target role assist in kidney transplant skill
not needed by the target role carry out invasive cardiovascular procedures skill
not needed by the target role carry out nurse-led discharge skill
not needed by the target role clinical decision-making at advanced practice skill
not needed by the target role coach individuals in specialised nursing care skill
not needed by the target role communicate in specialised nursing care skill
not needed by the target role conduct preoperative investigations skill
not needed by the target role conduct research in advanced nursing care skill
not needed by the target role contribute to high level health strategic decisions skill
not needed by the target role contribute to the advancements in specialised nursing care skill
not needed by the target role coordinate care skill
not needed by the target role delegate emergency care skill
not needed by the target role develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship skill
not needed by the target role develop plans related to the transfer of care skill
not needed by the target role diagnose advanced nursing care skill
not needed by the target role diagnose nursing care skill
not needed by the target role evaluate nursing care skill
not needed by the target role evaluation in specialised nursing care skill
not needed by the target role evidence-based nursing care knowledge
not needed by the target role have computer literacy skill
not needed by the target role implement policy in healthcare practices skill
not needed by the target role implement scientific decision making in healthcare skill
not needed by the target role inform policy makers on health-related challenges skill
not needed by the target role lead healthcare services changes skill
not needed by the target role lead research activities in nursing skill
not needed by the target role leadership in nursing knowledge
not needed by the target role make clinical decisions skill
not needed by the target role manage adverse reactions to drugs skill
not needed by the target role manage communicable disease skill
not needed by the target role manage hospital-acquired infections skill
not needed by the target role manage information in health care skill
not needed by the target role manage multiple patients simultaneously skill
not needed by the target role manage personal professional development skill

25 further entries not listed here

21 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier

required, not held disability care required
required, not held person centred care required
required, not held first aid required
required, not held health care legislation required
required, not held hygiene in a health care setting required
optional, not held acute care optional
optional, not held palliative care optional
optional, not held safe management of medicines optional
optional, not held adolescence medicine optional
optional, not held disability types optional
optional, not held general medicine optional
optional, not held geriatrics optional
optional, not held human anatomy optional
optional, not held human physiology optional
optional, not held infection control optional
optional, not held medicines optional
optional, not held paediatrics optional
optional, not held pathology optional
optional, not held pharmacology optional
optional, not held primary care optional
optional, not held resuscitation optional

Index

Other moves recorded from advanced nurse practitioner

Full index of moves from advanced nurse practitioner

Note

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.