Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

specialist nursetoadvanced nurse practitioner

A specialist nurse already meets 71% of what the advanced nurse practitioner role asks for. The move turns on 15 required skills not yet in the profile.

From specialist nurse
71%
Overlap1
To advanced nurse practitioner
63 Skills carried over
15 Required, not held
51 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

71%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

51/ 100

1 Share of the advanced nurse practitioner role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the specialist nurse 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 advanced nurse practitioner role treats 42 of its required skills as things a specialist nurse already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • accept own accountability
  • advise on healthy lifestyles
  • analyse quality of nurse care
  • apply context specific clinical competences
  • apply nursing care in long-term care
  • apply person-centred care

What stands in the way is 15 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 63 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A advanced nurse practitioner role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a specialist nurse background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held specialist nursing care health and welfare
  • already held coach individuals in specialised nursing care communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held communicate in specialised nursing care communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held contribute to the advancements in specialised nursing care information skills
  • already held evaluation in specialised nursing care information skills
  • already held analyse quality of nurse care information skills

All 63 carried skills, including the 42 the advanced nurse practitioner role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 30 missing skills fall into 5 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 management skills 4 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held contribute to high level health strategic decisions required
  • required, not held make clinical decisions required
  • required, not held apply organisational techniques required
  • required, not held lead healthcare services changes required
  • optional, not held clinical decision-making at advanced practice optional
  • optional, not held develop plans related to the transfer of care optional
  • optional, not held supervise medical residents optional
  • optional, not held supervise nursing staff optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held mentor other health professionals required
  • required, not held provide clinical advice to team members required
  • required, not held work with nursing staff required
  • required, not held communicate with nursing staff required
  • optional, not held teach nursing principles optional
  • optional, not held implement policy in healthcare practices optional
  • optional, not held support nurses optional
03 information skills 4 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held conduct research in advanced nursing care required
  • required, not held diagnose advanced nursing care required
  • required, not held lead research activities in nursing required
  • required, not held perform health assessment autonomously required
  • optional, not held perform antepartum fetal monitoring optional
  • optional, not held screen patients for disease risk factors optional
04 health and welfare 2 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held nursing principles required
  • required, not held nursing science required
  • optional, not held evidence-based nursing care optional
  • optional, not held leadership in nursing optional
  • optional, not held spine surgery optional
  • optional, not held innovation in nursing optional
05 assisting and caring 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held prescribe advanced nursing care required
  • optional, not held organise homecare for patients optional
  • optional, not held treat medical conditions of elderly people optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a advanced nurse practitioner 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 63 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held accept own accountability 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 person-centred care skill
  • already held carry out invasive cardiovascular procedures skill
  • already held carry out nurse-led discharge skill
  • already held comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice skill
  • already held coordinate care skill
  • already held deal with emergency care situations skill
  • already held delegate emergency care 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 follow clinical guidelines 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 interact with healthcare users skill
  • already held listen actively skill
  • already held manage hospital-acquired infections skill
  • already held manage information in health care skill
  • already held manage multiple patients simultaneously skill
  • already held participate in health personnel training skill
  • already held perform diagnostic testing for allergies skill
  • already held plan nursing care skill
  • already held prescribe medication skill
  • already held provide anti-cancer medical treatment 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 specialist nursing care knowledge
  • 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 administer immunotherapy skill
  • already held advise on healthcare users' informed consent skill
  • already held advise patients on infectious diseases when travelling skill
  • already held assess physical conditions of clients skill
  • already held assist in kidney transplant skill
  • already held coach individuals in specialised nursing care skill
  • already held communicate in specialised nursing care skill
  • already held conduct preoperative investigations skill
  • already held contribute to continuity of health care skill
  • already held contribute to the advancements in specialised nursing care skill
  • already held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship skill
  • already held evaluation in specialised nursing care skill
  • already held have computer literacy skill
  • already held manage adverse reactions to drugs skill
  • already held manage communicable disease skill
  • already held manage personal professional development skill
  • already held manage trauma through surgical means skill
  • already held perform bronchoscopy skill
  • already held perform venous cannulation skill
  • already held provide nursing care in community settings skill
  • already held use foreign languages in patient care skill
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held clinical decision-making at advanced practice optional
  • optional, not held evidence-based nursing care optional
  • optional, not held leadership in nursing optional
  • optional, not held organise homecare for patients optional
  • optional, not held perform antepartum fetal monitoring optional
  • optional, not held screen patients for disease risk factors optional
  • optional, not held spine surgery optional
  • optional, not held teach nursing principles optional
  • optional, not held develop plans related to the transfer of care optional
  • optional, not held supervise medical residents optional
  • optional, not held treat medical conditions of elderly people optional
  • optional, not held implement policy in healthcare practices optional
  • optional, not held innovation in nursing optional
  • optional, not held supervise nursing staff optional
  • optional, not held support nurses optional
29 held skills the advanced nurse practitioner role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adapt leadership styles in healthcare skill
  • not needed by the target role address problems critically skill
  • not needed by the target role address side effects of menopause skill
  • not needed by the target role adhere to organisational guidelines skill
  • not needed by the target role apply sustainability principles in health care skill
  • not needed by the target role assist in epilepsy surgery skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate in healthcare skill
  • not needed by the target role comply with legislation related to health care skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct patch testing skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct polysomnography skill
  • not needed by the target role educate on the prevention of illness skill
  • not needed by the target role empower individuals, families and groups skill
  • not needed by the target role follow-up patients with heart attack skill
  • not needed by the target role impact of social contexts on health knowledge
  • not needed by the target role initiate life preserving measures skill
  • not needed by the target role patient safety theories knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform endoscopy skill
  • not needed by the target role perform vascular surgery therapeutic procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role promote a positive image of nursing skill
  • not needed by the target role promote health in specialised care skill
  • not needed by the target role promote human rights skill
  • not needed by the target role promote inclusion skill
  • not needed by the target role provide palliative care skill
  • not needed by the target role provide treatment strategies for challenges to human health skill
  • not needed by the target role refer healthcare users skill
  • not needed by the target role simulation-based clinical education knowledge
  • not needed by the target role treat endocrine disorders skill
  • not needed by the target role use clinical reasoning skill
  • not needed by the target role use foreign languages for health-related research skill
6 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 nursing principles required
  • required, not held nursing science required
  • optional, not held evidence-based nursing care optional
  • optional, not held leadership in nursing optional
  • optional, not held spine surgery optional
  • optional, not held innovation in nursing optional
Index

Other moves recorded from specialist nurse

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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.