Skill Requirements for the Nursing Profession at the College Level

Skill requirements for College-level Nursing Programs - Illustrative photo

According to the Regulations on minimum knowledge volume, competency requirements that learners must achieve after graduating from intermediate and college-level nursing programs, issued together with Circular 54/2018/TT-BLDTBXH, the minimum skills that learners must have after graduating from college-level nursing programs are as follows:

- Assess the patient's condition and provide appropriate nursing diagnoses;

- Categorize patients visiting for examination and emergency care, identify priority issues to propose appropriate solutions;

- Develop and implement a patient care plan;

- Proficiently perform basic and specialized nursing techniques;

- Assist doctors in performing procedures on patients;

- Perform first aid and initial emergency care for emergency cases in the community;

- Manage medical equipment, consumable supplies, medication, records, and books;

- Monitor, evaluate the condition, and record daily progress of patients, detect and report any abnormal developments of patients;

- Communicate politely and friendly with patients;

- Provide health consultation and education to patients, their relatives, and the community;

- Participate in early detection of epidemics in the locality and propose measures for epidemic prevention and environmental health protection;

- Use basic information technology as required; exploit, process, and apply information technology in professional work in the industry and profession;

- Use basic foreign language skills, achieving level 2/6 in the Vietnam's language proficiency framework; apply foreign language skills in professional work in the industry and profession.

For more details, refer to Circular 54/2018/TT-BLDTBXH, issued on December 28, 2018.

Le Vy

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