Nurses Skills Transfer to Other Professions
© 2007 Kathy Quan RN BSN
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Eight Basic Skills
There are eight basic skills that employers look for when hiring new employees. In most professions, potential employees will usually meet only five or six of these at the most.
Nurses usually meet all eight of these skills which is why nurses find that their skills transfer so well to other fields. This is also why employers will jump at the opportunity to hire a nurse to fill a non-nursing position.
These desired skills which nurses exhibit are:
Leadership or the ability to persuade others to follow
Problem solving
Team Work
Manual dexterity
Help Instruct/Teach others
Initiative
Public contact/networking
Physical stamina
Teachers, police officers, EMTs, and physical, occupational and recreational therapists are the other professions who usually meet all eight of these transferable skills.
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