Conduct preoperative investigations

Description

Conduct tests before a planned surgical operation, taking into consideration possible risk factors apparent from the clinical assessment, the likelihood of asymptomatic abnormalities and the severity of the planned surgery.

Occupations requiring this skill

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Skill demand overview
  • Essential in 3 occupations
  • Optional in 3 occupations
  • Total: 6 occupations
  • Most common in: ISCO major group 2 (Professionals)

Essential for

  • Anaesthetic technician
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  • Diagnostic radiographer
    Diagnostic radiographers plan, prepare and perform diagnostic imaging examinations and post-processing with a wide range of equipment and techniques using X-rays, strong magnetic f…
  • Specialised doctor
    A specialised doctor, also known as a specialist or specialist physician, is a medical professional who has completed additional training and education in a specific area of medici…

Optional for

  • 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…
  • Physiologist
    A Physiologist is a scientist who studies the functions and mechanisms of living organisms, focusing on how cells, tissues, organs, and systems work together to support life. Physi…
  • Advanced nurse practitioner
    Advanced nurse practitioners are in charge of promoting and restoring patients` health, providing diagnosis and care in advanced settings, coordinating care within areas of chronic…

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