Registered Nurse Practitioners
Description
Registered nurse practitioners provide nursing care for the sick, injured and others in need of such care, assist medical doctors with their tasks and also provide care independently, including diagnosing patients, the ordering and interpretation of tests, the determination of treatment and prescription of medication.
Tasks
- Plans, manages, provides and evaluates nursing care services for patients, supervises the implementation of nursing care plans.
- Plans duty rotas and organises and directs the work and training of ward and theatre nursing staff.
- Monitors patient’s progress, administers drugs and medicines, applies surgical dressings and gives other forms of treatment.
- Interviews and diagnoses patients, orders tests and interprets results and determines appropriate treatments.
- Manages own case load.
- Assists medical doctors and works with other healthcare professionals to deal with emergencies and pre-planned treatment of patients.
Entry Requirements
Honours, Bachelor's degree
Skills
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Reading Comprehension
- Critical Thinking
- Monitoring
- Writing
- Active Learning
- Learning Strategies
- Mathematics
- Science
Related Courses
- Access to HE Diploma (Medicine) - Level 3
- Access to Nursing Healthcare Professions - Level 3
- Access to Nursing Healthcare Professions - Level 3 - Part-time
- Allergy Awareness - Adult Social Care
- Allergy Awareness for Those Working in the Service Sector - Level 2
- Animal Nursing Assistant - Level 2 - Part-time
- Award in Personal Social Skills - 1-1 modules - Level 1
- Award in Personal Social Skills - Introduction to Wellbeing - Level 1
- Awareness of Mental Health Problems - Level 2
- Care Skills Essentials - Part-Time
- Common Health Conditions - Level 2
- Engagement to Health and Social Care-Childcare - Level 1
- Falls Prevention Awareness - Level 2
- Health Adult Nursing - T Level - Level 3
- Health and Social Care - Level 1
- Health and Social Care - Level 2
- Health Social Care Academy - Level 3
- Health Studies - Level 3
- Pre-Access to Science Nursing - Level 2 - Part-Time
- Preparing to Work in Adult Social Care - Level 2
- Principles of Care Planning - Level 2
- Principles of End of Life Care - Level 2
- Principles of the Mental Health Care Worker - Level 2
- Principles of the Prevention and Control of Infection in Health Care Settings - Level 2
- Senior Healthcare Support Worker - Apprenticeship - Level 3
- Understanding Autism - Level 2
- Understanding Common Illnesses Affecting Children - Level 2
- Understanding the Care and Management of Diabetes - Level 2
- Understanding the Safe Handling of Medication in Health and Social Care - Level 2