Skills Registered Nurse - Extended Class (RN-EC) near Corner Brook (NL)
Find out what skills you typically need to work as a registered nurse - extended class (RN-EC) in Canada. These skills are applicable to all Allied primary health practitioners (NOC 31301).
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
Help - Working with Technological Equipment and Machinery
Working with Technological Equipment and Machinery
- Using Specialized Instrumentation and Equipment
- Tending to Daily Needs
- Serving Others
- Treating People/Animals
- Counselling and Nurturing
- Interviewing
- Promoting and Selling
- Advising and Consulting
- Professional Communicating
- Teaching and Training
- Liaising and Networking
- Processing Information
- Inspecting and Testing
- Analyzing Information
- Examining and Diagnosing
- Planning
- Researching and Investigating
- Projecting Outcomes
- Supervising
- Co-ordinating and Organizing
- Evaluating
- Leading and Motivating
- Strategic Planning
Knowledge
Help - Social Sciences and Arts
Social Sciences and Arts
- Sociology and Anthropology
- Psychology
- Teaching and Instruction
- Therapy and Counselling
- Medicine
- Client Service
- Personnel and Human Resources
- Business Management
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