Skills Registered Nurse (R.N.) in the Northeast Region

National Occupational Classification update

We have updated this page to reflect the transition to the 2021 version of the National Occupational Classification (NOC). This means that the occupation "registered nurse (R.N.)" was moved from the group Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses (NOC 3012) to the group Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses (NOC 31301).

Find out what skills you typically need to work as a registered nurse (R.N.) in Canada. These skills are applicable to all Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses (NOC 31301).

Tasks

  • Assess patients to identify appropriate nursing interventions
  • Assist in surgery and other medical procedures
  • Collaborate to plan, implement, co-ordinate and evaluate patient care
  • Conduct disease screening
  • Deliver health education programs
  • Deliver immunization programs
  • Dispense and administer medications and treatments as prescribed by a physician
  • Engage in research activities related to nursing
  • Manage home care cases
  • Monitor, assess, address, document and report symptoms and changes in patients' conditions
  • Operate or monitor medical apparatus or equipment
  • Participate in community needs assessment and program development
  • Provide consultative services regarding issues relevant to nursing profession and nursing practice
  • Provide nursing care
  • Provide supportive counselling and life skills programming
  • Supervise licensed practical nurses and other nursing staff

Skills and Knowledge Checklist

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

    Skills

  • Analysis Help -
    • Projecting Outcomes
    • Researching and Investigating
    • Planning
    • Examining and Diagnosing
    • Analyzing Information
    • Inspecting and Testing

    Analysis

    Examining and evaluating information.
    • Projecting Outcomes

      Estimating the results of an action or a series of actions.

    • Researching and Investigating

      Conducting studies to increase knowledge and understanding and examining facts to find cause or support for ideas.

    • Planning

      Determining phases and steps, defining activities and tasks and establishing schedules to complete objectives on time and within budget.

    • Examining and Diagnosing

      Assessing conditions through examination or diagnostic testing to determine appropriate treatments.

    • Analyzing Information

      Examining data or facts to determine appropriate actions or recommendations.

    • Inspecting and Testing

      Examining and investigating problems, sites or objects to ensure compliance with safety standards, laws or regulations.

  • Service and Care Help -
    • Counselling and Nurturing
    • Treating People/Animals
    • Serving Others
    • Tending to Daily Needs

    Service and Care

    Taking care of the needs of 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.

    • Treating People/Animals

      Providing emergency care, therapy or other prescribed treatment for people and animals.

    • Serving Others

      Assisting the public by answering questions, making recommendations, and providing information or support in response to requests.

    • Tending to Daily Needs

      Responding to the personal care needs of people or animals.

    Operating and Repairing Equipment, Machinery and Vehicles

    Working with and/or repairing vehicles, machinery or stationary equipment.
  • Management Help -
    • Strategic Planning
    • Leading and Motivating
    • Evaluating
    • Co-ordinating and Organizing
    • Supervising

    Management

    Taking charge of the direction and resources of an organization.
    • Strategic Planning

      Envisioning a future state and developing strategies, goals, objectives and action plans to achieve it.

    • Leading and Motivating

      Reinforcing an organization's vision and monitoring compliance.

    • Evaluating

      Directing processes and procedures to ensure they add measurable value.

    • Co-ordinating and Organizing

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

    • Supervising

      Directing and monitoring the performance of others.

  • Communication Help -
    • Liaising and Networking
    • Teaching and Training
    • Professional Communicating
    • Advising and Consulting
    • Promoting and Selling
    • Interviewing

    Communication

    Using communication skills to share information, advise and influence.
    • Liaising and Networking

      Developing alliances, contacts or partnerships, and exchanging information with others.

    • Teaching and Training

      Facilitating the acquisition of new knowledge and skills.

    • Professional Communicating

      Preparing and delivering written, oral or visual material for the workplace that presents information.

    • Advising and Consulting

      Providing guidance and advice to enable decision-making about tasks, situations, and processes.

    • Promoting and Selling

      Using communication strategies or techniques to encourage acceptance of products, services, or ideas.

    • Interviewing

      Conducting enquiries in a formal way to collect information or to determine opinions.

  • Information Handling Help -
    • 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.

    Handling Goods and Materials

    Working with goods and materials manually or with machines.

    Creative Expression

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

    Building

    Working with materials to construct, renovate and maintain structures.
  • Working with Technological Equipment and Machinery Help -
    • 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.

    Knowledge

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

    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.

    • Sociology and Anthropology

      Knowledge of the principles, methods and practices for studying group behaviour and dynamics, societal trends and influences, and the history, migration, ethnicity and origin of cultures.

    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.

    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.

    Law and Public Safety

    Knowledge related to the provision and enforcement of laws and regulations that safeguard the effective functioning of a democratic society.
  • Business, Finance and Management Help -
    • Business Management
    • Personnel and Human Resources
    • Client Service

    Business, Finance and Management

    Knowledge related to organization and control of business activities.
    • Business Management

      Knowledge related to the planning, organizing, staffing, leading or directing of organizations including principles and practices of accounting, the disposition of human and material resources, public relations, evaluation, sales and marketing, and economics.

    • Personnel and Human Resources

      Knowledge of the principles and practices of human resources management.

    • Client Service

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

    Engineering and Technology

    Knowledge related to the design, building, use or repair of machinery, equipment, systems, and structures.
  • Education and Training Help -
    • Teaching and Instruction

    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.
    • Teaching and Instruction

      Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum design, teaching and instructional methods for training individuals and groups.

    Communications and Transportation

    Knowledge related to the provision and transmission of systems of communication and entertainment and the delivery of consumer goods or services.
  • Health Services Help -
    • Medicine
    • Therapy and Counselling

    Health Services

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

    • Therapy and Counselling

      Knowledge of principles and practices for diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and counselling.

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