Description
Formulate and communicate complex clinical issues to patients, relatives and other health professionals.
Alternative labels
explain specialised nursing care issues to patients and other health professionals
explain specialized nursing care issues to patients and other health professionals
formulate complex issues to patients and other health professionals
communicate in the specialised nursing care
communicate in specialized nursing care
Skill type
skill/competence
Skill reusability level
occupation-specific
Relationships with occupations
Essential skill
Communicate in specialised nursing care is an essential skill of the following occupations:
Specialist nurse: Specialist nurses promote and restore people’s health, and diagnose and care within a specific branch of the nursing field. Examples of such specialist nursing jobs include but are not restricted to; ambulatory care nurse, advanced practice nurse, cardiac nurse, dental nurse, community health nurse, forensic nurse, gastroenterology nurse, hospice and palliative care nurse, paediatric nurse, public health nurse, rehabilitation nurse, renal nurse and school nurse. Specialist nurses are general care nurses prepared beyond the level of a nurse generalist and authorised to practice as specialists with specific expertise in a branch of the nursing field.
Optional skill
Communicate in specialised nursing care is optional for these occupations. This means knowing this skill may be an asset for career advancement if you are in one of these occupations.
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