Assess patient health problems and needs, develop and implement nursing care plans, and maintain medical records. Administer nursing care to ill, injured, convalescent, or disabled patients. May advise patients on health maintenance and disease prevention or provide case management. Licensing or registration required. Includes advance practice nurses such as: nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, certified nurse midwives, and certified registered nurse anesthetists. Advanced practice nursing is practiced by RNs who have specialized formal, post-basic education and who function in highly autonomous and specialized roles.

• Nurse Anesthetist
• Nurse Practitioner
• Nurse Supervisor, Community-Health Nursing
• Nurse Supervisor, Evening-or-Night
• Nurse Supervisor, Occupational Health Nursing
• Nurse, Community Health
• Nurse, Consultant
• Nurse, General Duty
• Nurse, Head
• Nurse, Infection Control
• Nurse, Office
• Nurse, Private Duty
• Nurse, School
• Nurse, Staff, Occupational Health Nursing
• Nurse, Supervisor
• Nurse-Midwife

• Administer local, inhalation, intravenous, and other anesthetics.
• Assess the needs of individuals, families or communities, including assessment of individuals' home or work environments to identify potential health or safety problems.
• Conduct specified laboratory tests.
• Consult and coordinate with health care team members to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care plans.
• Consult with institutions or associations regarding issues and concerns relevant to the practice and profession of nursing.
• Direct and coordinate infection control programs, advising and consulting with specified personnel about necessary precautions.
• Direct and supervise less skilled nursing or health care personnel or supervise a particular unit.
• Engage in research activities related to nursing.
• Hand items to surgeons during operations.
• Inform physician of patient's condition during anesthesia.
• Instruct individuals, families and other groups on topics such as health education, disease prevention and childbirth, and develop health improvement programs.
• Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records.
• Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions.
• Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet and physical activity.
• Monitor, record and report symptoms and changes in patients' conditions.
• Observe nurses and visit patients to ensure proper nursing care.
• Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient's condition.
• Perform administrative and managerial functions, such as taking responsibility for a unit's staff, budget, planning, and long-range goals.
• Perform physical examinations, make tentative diagnoses, and treat patients en route to hospitals or at disaster site triage centers.
• Prepare patients for, and assist with, examinations and treatments.
• Prepare rooms, sterile instruments, equipment and supplies, and ensure that stock of supplies is maintained.
• Prescribe or recommend drugs, medical devices or other forms of treatment, such as physical therapy, inhalation therapy, or related therapeutic procedures.
• Provide health care, first aid, immunizations and assistance in convalescence and rehabilitation in locations such as schools, hospitals, and industry.
• Provide or arrange for training or instruction of auxiliary personnel or students.
• Record patients' medical information and vital signs.
• Refer students or patients to specialized health resources or community agencies furnishing assistance.
• Work with individuals, groups, and families to plan and implement programs designed to improve the overall health of communities.

• administer injections
• administer medications or treatments
• assist in examining or treating dental or medical patients
• care for mentally ill patients
• collect clinical data
• communicate technical information
• conduct patient assessments
• deliver babies
• explain testing procedures to patient
• follow clinical radiation safety procedures
• follow dental or medical office procedures
• follow infectious materials procedures
• follow institutional care procedures
• follow life support procedures
• follow patient observation procedures
• identify body response variations
• instruct on topics such as health education or disease prevention
• interpret medical laboratory test results
• inventory medical supplies or instruments
• lift or transport ill or injured patients
• maintain dental or medical records
• make presentations on health or medical issues
• monitor medical oxygen equipment
• obtain information from clients, customers, or patients
• order medical laboratory tests
• prepare medical treatment room
• prepare patient reports
• prepare patients for tests, therapy, or treatments
• prepare supplies or equipment for surgery
• recognize childhood diseases
• record medical history or data
• set up incubators in hospitals
• set up medical oxygen equipment
• set up patient care equipment
• take vital signs
• treat medical condition of patient
• understand properties or composition of drugs
• understand technical operating, service or repair manuals
• use behavior modification techniques
• use clinical problem solving techniques
• use counseling techniques
• use interpersonal communication techniques
• use knowledge of investigation techniques
• use knowledge of medical terminology
• use knowledge of nursing terminology
• use medical lab techniques
• use nursing practices or procedures
• use personal care procedures
• use research methodology procedures in health care
• use sanitation practices in health care settings
• weigh patients