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Nursing Skills
Use the following lists to show your technical skills on your resume and cover letter. You may have additional skills not shown on this list. List your skills in a separate Skills/Qualifications section on your resume. Highlight the most relevant skills in the middle paragraph of your cover letter.
Sample Skills/Skill Headings
- Adult Medicine
- Community Resource Referral
- Comprehensive Primary Care
- Computerized Patient Records
- Patient Assessment
- Interdisciplinary Cross-Training
- Treatment Modalities/Techniques
- Control and Dispensing of Medicines
- Patient/Case Management
- Patient Consent/Disclosure
- Patient Education & Intervention
- Physical Therapy
- Psychology/Counseling
- Respiratory Care
- Software/Computer Skills
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- Total Patient Care
- Trauma Care
- Emergency Room
- General Practice
- Geriatrics
- Pediatrics
- Intensive Care
- Internal Medicine
- Inventory Control/Requisition
- Multidisciplinary Experience
- OB/GYN
- Order/Interpret Diagnostic Studies
- Quality Improvement
- Leadership
- Communication
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Sample Skill Statements
- Assess patient health problems and needs
- Develop and implement nursing care plans
- Administer nursing care to ill, injured, convalescent, or disabled patients
- Advise patients on health maintenance and disease prevention or provide case management
- Administer injections and medication while applying drug information to patient treatment
- Explain uses and effects of drug treatments
- Follow medical office procedures
- Admit and discharge patients
- Analyze medical data and laboratory results
- Apply health and sanitation standards
- Adhere to infection control procedures
- Apply life support procedures
- Assist in examining and treating patients
- Assist patients with hygiene, ambulation, and nutrition as needed
- Communicate with doctors, staff, and patient families regarding patient status
- Apply and communicate technical information
- Conduct patient evaluations
- Apply and change wound dressings
- Document patient status; keep records and maintain files
- Maintain and compile medical records and charts
- Observe patients, report patient condition and responses to treatment
- Obtain information from patients, customers, family, or others
- Prepare treatment or patient rooms
- Prepare patients for exams, treatments, or tests
- Administer routine lab tests and collect samples
- Hand instruments and materials to doctors
- Assist physicians with patient exams
- Provide medical treatments to patients
- Set up and operate patient care/medical equipment
- Take vital signs; monitor temperature, blood pressure, respiration, and pulse
- Understand the needs of a diverse patient population
- Use computers to enter, access, and retrieve data
- Use correct surgical setup and support techniques
- Knowledge and use of medical terminology
- Work independently and as a team member
- Experience in various health care settings (hospital, home care, outpatient clinics, convalescent homes)
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