Table 1Transition record

advanced nurse practitionertonurse responsible for general care

A advanced nurse practitioner already meets 51% of what the nurse responsible for general care role asks for. The move turns on 46 required skills not yet in the profile.

From advanced nurse practitioner

51%

Overlap1

To nurse responsible for general care

55 Skills carried over

46 Required, not held

68 Difficulty2

Career overlap Partial match

51%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

68/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the nurse responsible for general care 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 responsible for general care role treats 46 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
advise on healthy lifestyles
analyse quality of nurse care
apply context specific clinical competences
apply nursing care in long-term care

What stands in the way is 46 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 55 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 advanced nurse practitioner background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held evidence-based nursing care health and welfare
already held leadership in nursing health and welfare
already held analyse quality of nurse care information skills
already held diagnose nursing care information skills
already held evaluate nursing care information skills
already held participate in health personnel training communication, collaboration and creativity

All 55 carried skills, including the 46 the nurse responsible for general care role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 51 missing skills fall into 9 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 health and welfare 23 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held citizen involvement in healthcare required
required, not held patient autonomy required
required, not held acute care required
required, not held dietetics required
required, not held disability care required
required, not held palliative care required
required, not held person centred care required
required, not held surgery required
required, not held adolescence medicine required
required, not held first aid required
required, not held general medicine required
required, not held geriatrics required
required, not held human anatomy required
required, not held human physiology required
required, not held impact of social contexts on health required
required, not held infection control required
required, not held newborn care required
required, not held paediatrics required
required, not held pathology required
required, not held primary care required
required, not held psychiatry required
required, not held public health required
required, not held resuscitation required

optional, not held patient safety theories optional

02 communication, collaboration and creativity 6 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held empower individuals, families and groups required
required, not held address problems critically required
required, not held communicate in healthcare required
required, not held educate on the prevention of illness required
required, not held promote a positive image of nursing required
required, not held promote human rights required

optional, not held use clinical reasoning optional
optional, not held use foreign languages for health-related research optional

03 assisting and caring 6 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held provide stroke rehabilitation services required
required, not held adhere to organisational guidelines 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 initiate life preserving measures required
required, not held promote inclusion required

optional, not held provide palliative care optional

04 education 2 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held pedagogy required
required, not held scientific research methodology required

optional, not held simulation-based clinical education optional

05 management skills 2 required

required, not held provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health required
required, not held adapt leadership styles in healthcare required

06 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 2 required

required, not held biological chemistry required
required, not held pharmacology required

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

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.

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

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 55 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held accept own accountability skill
already held advise on healthcare users' informed consent skill
already held advise on healthy lifestyles skill
already held analyse quality of nurse care skill
already held apply context specific clinical competences skill
already held apply nursing care in long-term care skill
already held apply organisational techniques skill
already held apply person-centred care skill
already held comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice skill
already held contribute to continuity of health care skill
already held coordinate care skill
already held deal with emergency care situations skill
already held delegate emergency care skill
already held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship skill
already held diagnose nursing care skill
already held empathise with the healthcare user skill
already held ensure safety of healthcare users skill
already held evaluate nursing care skill
already held evidence-based nursing care knowledge
already held follow clinical guidelines skill
already held have computer literacy skill
already held implement fundamentals of nursing skill
already held implement nursing care skill
already held implement scientific decision making in healthcare skill
already held inform policy makers on health-related challenges skill
already held innovation in nursing knowledge
already held interact with healthcare users skill
already held leadership in nursing knowledge
already held listen actively skill
already held manage information in health care skill
already held manage multiple patients simultaneously skill
already held manage personal professional development skill
already held nursing principles knowledge
already held nursing science knowledge
already held participate in health personnel training skill
already held plan nursing care skill
already held provide comprehensive care for patients with surgical conditions skill
already held provide health education skill
already held provide nursing advice on healthcare 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 use e-health and mobile health technologies skill
already held use electronic health records in nursing skill
already held work in a multicultural environment in health care skill
already held work in multidisciplinary health teams skill
already held advise patients on infectious diseases when travelling skill
already held assist in kidney transplant skill
already held carry out nurse-led discharge skill
already held perform venous cannulation skill
already held prescribe medication skill
already held provide nursing care in community settings skill
already held supervise medical residents skill
already held treat medical conditions of elderly people skill
already held use foreign languages in patient care skill

The 3 learning areas not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 services 2 required

required, not held safe management of medicines required
required, not held hygiene in a health care setting required

08 social sciences, journalism and information 2 required

required, not held psychology required
required, not held sociology required

09 business, administration and law 1 required

required, not held health care legislation required

5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held patient safety theories optional
optional, not held provide palliative care optional
optional, not held simulation-based clinical education optional
optional, not held use clinical reasoning optional
optional, not held use foreign languages for health-related research optional

38 held skills the nurse responsible for general care role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role administer immunotherapy skill
not needed by the target role assess physical conditions of clients skill
not needed by the target role carry out invasive cardiovascular procedures 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 communicate with nursing staff 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 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 evaluation in specialised nursing care skill
not needed by the target role implement policy in healthcare practices 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 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 trauma through surgical means skill
not needed by the target role mentor other health professionals skill
not needed by the target role organise homecare for patients skill
not needed by the target role perform antepartum fetal monitoring skill
not needed by the target role perform bronchoscopy skill
not needed by the target role perform diagnostic testing for allergies skill
not needed by the target role perform health assessment autonomously skill
not needed by the target role prescribe advanced nursing care skill
not needed by the target role provide anti-cancer medical treatment skill
not needed by the target role provide clinical advice to team members skill
not needed by the target role screen patients for disease risk factors skill
not needed by the target role specialist nursing care knowledge
not needed by the target role spine surgery knowledge
not needed by the target role supervise nursing staff skill
not needed by the target role support nurses skill
not needed by the target role teach nursing principles skill
not needed by the target role work with nursing staff skill

34 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 citizen involvement in healthcare required
required, not held patient autonomy required
required, not held acute care required
required, not held biological chemistry required
required, not held dietetics required
required, not held disability care required
required, not held palliative care required
required, not held person centred care required
required, not held safe management of medicines required
required, not held surgery required
required, not held adolescence medicine required
required, not held first aid required
required, not held general medicine required
required, not held geriatrics required
required, not held health care legislation required
required, not held human anatomy required
required, not held human physiology required
required, not held hygiene in a health care setting required
required, not held impact of social contexts on health required
required, not held infection control required
required, not held newborn care required
required, not held paediatrics required
required, not held pathology required
required, not held pedagogy required
required, not held pharmacology required
required, not held primary care required
required, not held psychiatry required
required, not held psychology required
required, not held public health required
required, not held resuscitation 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

Index

Other moves recorded from advanced nurse practitioner

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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.