Clinical Nurse Specialists
Also called:
Cardiology Clinical Nurse Specialist, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist, Intensive Care Unit Clinical Nurse Specialist
What they do:
Plan, direct, or coordinate the daily patient care activities in a clinical practice. Ensure adherence to established clinical policies, protocols, regulations, and standards.
On the job, you would:
- Collaborate with other health care professionals and service providers to ensure optimal patient care.
- Provide consultation to other health care providers in areas such as patient discharge, patient care, or clinical procedures.
- Develop or assist others in development of care and treatment plans.
Education and Training
- teaching and course design
Health
- medicine and dentistry
- therapy and counseling
Arts and Humanities
- English language
- philisophy and religion
Business
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Basic Skills
- talking to others
- figuring out how to use new ideas or things
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
Social
- changing what is done based on other people's actions
- looking for ways to help people
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Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
Ideas and Logic
- notice when problems happen
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
Attention
- pay attention to something without being distracted
- do two or more things at the same time
Visual Understanding
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People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Integrity
- Initiative
- Dependability
- Leadership
- Adaptability/Flexibility
- Cooperation
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You might use software like this on the job:
Medical software
- Bizmatics PrognoCIS EMR
- GE Healthcare Centricity EMR
Spreadsheet software
Electronic mail software
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master's degree
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are very likely in the future.
$68,450
per year, on average
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