Clinical Nurse Specialists

Skills

• Active Listening

  Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

• Critical Thinking

  Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.

• Reading Comprehension

  Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.

• Service Orientation

  Actively looking for ways to help people.

• Active Learning

  Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.

Abilities

• Deductive Reasoning

  The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.

• Oral Comprehension

  The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.

• Oral Expression

  The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.

• Written Comprehension

  The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.

• Inductive Reasoning

  The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).

Education

How much education does a new hire need to perform a job in this occupation?

• Master's degree
  97 %
• Post-master's certificate
  3 %

  Awarded for completion of an organized program of study; designed for people who have completed a Master's degree, but do not meet the requirements of academic degrees at the doctoral level

Work Activities

• Assisting and Caring for Others

  Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.

• Getting Information

  Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.

• Making Decisions and Solving Problems

  Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.

• Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships

  Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.

• Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge

  Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.

Detailed Work Activities

• Collaborate with healthcare professionals to plan or provide treatment.
• Establish nursing policies or standards.
• Supervise patient care personnel.
• Train medical providers.
• Maintain medical or professional knowledge.

Work Interests

• Social

  Work involves helping, teaching, advising, assisting, or providing service to others. Social occupations are often associated with social, health care, personal service, teaching/education, or religious activities.

• Investigative

  Work involves studying and researching non-living objects, living organisms, disease or other forms of impairment, or human behavior. Investigative occupations are often associated with physical, life, medical, or social sciences, and can be found in the fields of humanities, mathematics/statistics, information technology, or health care service.

• Conventional

  Work involves following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting. Conventional occupations are often associated with office work, accounting, mathematics/statistics, information technology, finance, or human resources.