2221-Nursing Professionals

Job Title: 

Nursing Professionals

Job Description: 

Nursing professionals provide treatment, support and care services for people who are in need of nursing care due to the effects of ageing, injury, illness or other physical or mental impairment, or potential risks to health. They assume responsibility for the planning and management of the care of patients, including the supervision of other health care workers, working autonomously or in teams with medical doctors and others in the practical application of preventive and curative measures.

Tasks: 

Answering questions from patients and families and providing information about prevention of ill-health, treatment and care

Linked Education ( CESM Codes ) : 

908 - Nursing

Specific Occupations: 

222101 - Clinical Nurse Practitioner
Description : Provides advanced and extended nursing care to patients such as ordering diagnostic tests, undertaking diagnosis and health assessments, prescribing patient care management, medicines and therapies as authorised in relevant nursing legislation, and referring to medical specialists and other health professionals in a range of health, welfare and community settings.
Green Occupation : No
Green Skill : NoTrade : No
Specializations : Clinical Nurse Specialist, Infection Control Nurse

222102 - Registered Nurse (Aged Care)
Description : Provides nursing care to the elderly in community settings, residential aged care facilities, retirement villages and health care facilities.
Green Occupation : No
Green Skill : NoTrade : No
Specializations : Gerontology Nurse, Registered Geriatric Nurse

222103 - Registered Nurse (Child and Family Health)
Description : Provides nursing care to children from birth to school age and their families with an emphasis on preventing, and early detection of, and intervening in physical, emotional and social problems affecting children and their families such as assistance with parent craft, immunisation and developmental milestones.
Green Occupation : No
Green Skill : NoTrade : No
Specializations : Maternity Nurse, Neonatal Nurse, Plunket Nurse

222104 - Registered Nurse (Community Health)
Description : Provides nursing care, health counselling, screening and education to individuals, families and groups in the wider community with a focus on patient independence and health promotion.
Green Occupation : No
Green Skill : NoTrade : No
Specializations : Clinic Nurse, District Nurse, Health Coordinator, Health Education and Promotion Nurse, Industrial / Factory Nurse, Nurse Clinician, Occupational Health Nurse, Primary Health Care Nurse, Public Health Nurse, Remote / Rural Area Nurse, School Nurse

222105 - Registered Nurse (Critical Care and Emergency)
Description : Provides nursing care to critically ill patients and patients with unstable health following injury, surgery or during the acute phase of diseases, integrating new technological equipment into care in settings such as high dependency units, intensive care units, emergency departments or retrieval services.
Green Occupation : No
Green Skill : NoTrade : No
Specializations : Acute Care Nurse, Coronary Care Unit Nurse, Emergency / Trauma Nurse, Intensive Care Nurse

222106 - Registered Nurse (Developmental Disability)
Description : Provides nursing care to people with intellectual and development disabilities in a range of health, welfare and community settings.
Green Occupation : No
Green Skill : NoTrade : No
Specializations : Registered Mental Retardation Nurse

222107 - Registered Nurse (Disability and Rehabilitation)
Description : Provides nursing care to patients recovering from injury and illness, and assists and facilitates patients with disabilities to live more independently.
Green Occupation : No
Green Skill : NoTrade : No
Specializations : Orthopaedic Nurse, Palliative Care Nurse, Rehabilitation Nurse

222108 - Registered Nurse (Medical and Surgical)
Description : Provides nursing care to patients with conditions such as infections, metabolic disorders and degenerative conditions which require medical intervention in a range of health, aged care and community settings.
Green Occupation : No
Green Skill : NoTrade : No
Specializations : General Nurse, Hospital Nurse, Nursing Prison Officer, Prison Nurse

222109 - Registered Nurse (Medical Practice)
Description : Provides clinical care to patients, undertakes clinical organisation and practice administration, and facilitates communication within a general practice environment and between the practice and outside organisations and individuals.
Green Occupation : No
Green Skill : NoTrade : No
Specializations : Practice Nurse

222110 - Registered Nurse (Mental Health)
Description : Provides nursing care to patients with mental health illness, disorder and dysfunction, and experiencing emotional difficulties, distress and crisis in health, welfare and aged care facilities, correctional services and the community.
Green Occupation : No
Green Skill : NoTrade : No
Specializations : Child and Adolescence Mental Health Nurse, Drug and Alcohol Nurse, Psychiatric Nurse, Psychiatric Rehabilitation Nurse, Psychogeriatric Care Nurse, Psychopaedic Nurse

222111 - Registered Nurse (Preoperative)
Description : Provides nursing care to patients before, during and immediately after surgery, assesses patients' condition, plans nursing care for surgical intervention, maintains a safe and comfortable environment, assists surgeons and anaesthetists during surgery, and monitors patients' recovery from anaesthetic, prior to return to or discharge from ward.
Green Occupation : No
Green Skill : NoTrade : No
Specializations : Anaesthetic Nurse, Operating Room Nurse, Operating Theatre Nurse, Recovery Nurse

222112 - Registered Nurse (Surgical)
Description : Provides nursing care to patients with injuries and illness that require surgical intervention.
Green Occupation : No
Green Skill : NoTrade : No
Specializations : Obstetric Nurse, Oncology Nurse

222113 - Paediatrics Nurse
Description : Provides nursing care to children with injuries and illness.
Green Occupation : No
Green Skill : NoTrade : No

222114 - Nurse Educator
Description : Designs, plans, implements and evaluates the delivery of nursing education and staff development programs, and manages educational resources.
Green Occupation : No
Green Skill : NoTrade : No
Specializations : Clinical Nurse Educator, Clinical Nurse Preceptor, Staff Development Nurse

222115 - Nurse Researcher
Description : Designs, conducts and evaluates nursing and interdisciplinary research projects and promotes the implementation of research findings into clinical nursing practice.
Green Occupation : No
Green Skill : NoTrade : No

222116 - Nurse Manager
Description : Manages a health service unit or sub-unit of a hospital, aged care or community health care facility, supervises nursing staff and financial resources to enable the provision of safe, cost effective nursing care within a specified field or for a particular unit and monitors quality, clinical standards and professional development of nurses.
Green Occupation : No
Green Skill : NoTrade : No
Specializations : Charge Nurse, Charge Sister, Nurse Unit Manager

Additional Notes: 

NOTE: The distinction between professional and associate professional nurses should be made on the basis of the nature of the work performed in relation to the tasks specified. The qualifications required are not the main factor in making this distinction. Nurses who combine nursing education or research with clinical nursing practice are classified in Unit group 2221, Nursing Professionals. Nursing researchers who participate in biomedical research using living organisms and do not undertake clinical nursing practice are classified in Unit group 2131, Biologists, Botanists, Zoologists and Related Professionals.

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Source Of Info: 

Source : Organising Framework for Occupations (OFO) 2013, Department of Higher Education and Training, Republic of South Africa