Skills Nurse Practitioner in the Northeast Region

Find out what skills you typically need to work as a nurse practitioner in Canada. These skills are applicable to all Allied primary health practitioners (NOC 31302).

Tasks

  • Death counselling
  • Drug and alcohol rehabilitation
  • Infection control
  • Care for, assess and monitor the health of newborns and refer infants to appropriate medical services as required
  • Manage labour and spontaneous normal deliveries
  • Provide advice and guidance regarding care for newborns and young infants
  • Provide primary, full-course, care to women and their babies during pregnancy, labour, birth and the post-natal period including monitoring the health of mother and baby
  • Advise patients on health care
  • Collaborate with members of an interdisciplinary health team and plan, implement, co-ordinate and evaluate patient care
  • Examine patients and take their medical histories and consult with physicians and other medical practitioners to evaluate patients' physical and mental health
  • Order laboratory tests, X-rays and other diagnostic procedures
  • Conduct patient interviews, physical assessments and take medical histories
  • Formulate and implement treatment plans and monitor patients' progress
  • Inoculate and vaccinate patients to prevent and treat diseases
  • Perform and assist in routine surgery
  • Perform or order diagnostic tests and interpret results
  • Provide health maintenance education

Skills and Knowledge Checklist

The following skills and knowledge are usually required in this occupation.

Skills

Handling Goods and Materials

Working with goods and materials manually or with machines.

Building

Working with materials to construct, renovate and maintain structures.

Operating and Repairing Equipment, Machinery and Vehicles

Working with and/or repairing vehicles, machinery or stationary equipment.

Working with Technological Equipment and Machinery Help - Working with Technological Equipment and Machinery
  • Using Specialized Instrumentation and Equipment

Working with Technological Equipment and Machinery

Working with technical equipment, instruments, machinery and other systems.

Using Specialized Instrumentation and Equipment
Controlling, monitoring, calibrating and adjusting precision instrumentation.
Service and Care Help - Service and Care
  • Cleaning and House/Shop Keeping
  • Tending to Daily Needs
  • Serving Others
  • Treating People/Animals
  • Counselling and Nurturing

Service and Care

Taking care of the needs of people and animals.

Cleaning and House/Shop Keeping
Providing cleaning and janitorial services.
Tending to Daily Needs
Responding to the personal care needs of people or animals.
Serving Others
Assisting the public by answering questions, making recommendations, and providing information or support in response to requests.
Treating People/Animals
Providing emergency care, therapy or other prescribed treatment for people and animals.
Counselling and Nurturing
Responding to clients' needs by interpreting their emotional and motivational states, and determining and providing appropriate support or interventions.
Communication Help - Communication
  • Interviewing
  • Advising and Consulting
  • Professional Communicating
  • Liaising and Networking

Communication

Using communication skills to share information, advise and influence.

Interviewing
Conducting enquiries in a formal way to collect information or to determine opinions.
Advising and Consulting
Providing guidance and advice to enable decision-making about tasks, situations, and processes.
Professional Communicating
Preparing and delivering written, oral or visual material for the workplace that presents information.
Liaising and Networking
Developing alliances, contacts or partnerships, and exchanging information with others.

Creative Expression

Using various materials and formats to create work that is intended to be artistically satisfying, entertaining, instructive or functional.

Information Handling Help - Information Handling
  • Processing Information

Information Handling

Creating and using systems for the storage and retrieval of knowledge and data.

Processing Information
Inputting, recording, transcribing and updating data using electronic or manual information systems.
Analysis Help - Analysis
  • Analyzing Information
  • Examining and Diagnosing
  • Planning
  • Projecting Outcomes

Analysis

Examining and evaluating information.

Analyzing Information
Examining data or facts to determine appropriate actions or recommendations.
Examining and Diagnosing
Assessing conditions through examination or diagnostic testing to determine appropriate treatments.
Planning
Determining phases and steps, defining activities and tasks and establishing schedules to complete objectives on time and within budget.
Projecting Outcomes
Estimating the results of an action or a series of actions.
Management Help - Management
  • Co-ordinating and Organizing

Management

Taking charge of the direction and resources of an organization.

Co-ordinating and Organizing
Organizing and co-ordinating the activities of groups and individuals to align their activities with organizational objectives.

Knowledge

Manufacturing and Production

Knowledge related to the delivery of a series of operations in large-scale production or processing of goods or crops, according to safety and quality standards.

Communications and Transportation

Knowledge related to the provision and transmission of systems of communication and entertainment and the delivery of consumer goods or services.

Law and Public Safety

Knowledge related to the provision and enforcement of laws and regulations that safeguard the effective functioning of a democratic society.

Social Sciences and Arts Help - Social Sciences and Arts
  • Psychology

Social Sciences and Arts

Knowledge related to culture, origins and patterns of human activity, and the development and expression of thought.

Psychology
Knowledge of principles, methods and practices for studying mental processes and behaviour and their underlying physiology and neurology, and for assessment and treatment of psychological disorders.

Education and Training

Knowledge related to the theory and practice of teaching, and the methods used in the design, delivery and evaluation of the provision of knowledge or information.

Health Services Help - Health Services
  • Therapy and Counselling
  • Medicine

Health Services

Knowledge related to the provision of medical science and technology for the physical and mental well-being of others.

Therapy and Counselling
Knowledge of principles and practices for diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and counselling.
Medicine
Knowledge of body systems and processes and techniques to diagnose and treat human and animal injuries, diseases, conditions and deformities. This includes understanding treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health care measures.
Mathematics and Science Help - Mathematics and Science
  • Biology

Mathematics and Science

Knowledge related to specialized areas of research such as measurement, living organisms, physical substances, and properties and relationships of quantity, space, and matter.

Biology
Knowledge of living organisms including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution and classification and their interdependencies and interactions with each other and the environment.

Engineering and Technology

Knowledge related to the design, building, use or repair of machinery, equipment, systems, and structures.

Business, Finance and Management Help - Business, Finance and Management
  • Client Service

Business, Finance and Management

Knowledge related to organization and control of business activities.

Client Service
Knowledge of principles and practices of providing service to clients to maintain and build organizational success.
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