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ANZSCO 254499: REGISTERED NURSES NEC

Major Group: 2 – Professionals | Sub-Major Group: 25 – Health Professionals | Minor Group: 254 – Midwifery and Nursing Professionals | Unit Group: 2544 – Registered Nurses
Description: This occupation group covers Registered Nurses not elsewhere classified. Registration or licensing is required.
Skill Level 1 : Occupations at Skill Level 1 have a level of skill commensurate with a bachelor degree or higher qualification. At least five years of relevant experience may substitute for the formal qualification. In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification.
Occupation in NEC category
  • Flight Nurse
  • Nursing Officer (Defence Forces)
  • Registered Nurse (Infection Control)
  • Registered Nurse (Remote or Rural Area)
Not elsewhere classified (nec) categories are used for known, discrete occupations which are not separately identified in ANZSCO Version 1.2 because of their lack of numerical significance in Australia or New Zealand. The occupation titles listed under nec categories are illustrative of the scope and range of occupations included in the nec category.

UNIT GROUP 2544: REGISTERED NURSES

Description: Provide nursing care to patients in hospitals, aged care and other health care facilities, and in the community.
Skill Level: Occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with a bachelor degree or higher qualification. In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification (ANZSCO Skill Level 1).
Registration or licensing is required.
Tasks
  • assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating nursing care for patients according to accepted nursing practice and standards
  • working in consultation with other Health Professionals and members of health teams, and coordinating the care of patients
  • providing interventions, treatments and therapies such as medications, and monitoring responses to treatment and care plan
  • promoting health and assisting in preventing ill health by participating in health education and other health promotion activities
  • answering questions and providing information to patients and families about treatment and care
  • supervising and coordinating the work of Enrolled Nurses and other health care workers
Other occupations in this Unit Group
  • 254411 – Nurse Practitioner
  • 254412 – Registered Nurse (Aged Care)
  • 254413 – Registered Nurse (Child and Family Health)
  • 254414 – Registered Nurse (Community Health)
  • 254415 – Registered Nurse (Critical Care and Emergency)
  • 254416 – Registered Nurse (Developmental Disability)
  • 254417 – Registered Nurse (Disability and Rehabilitation)
  • 254418 – Registered Nurse (Medical)
  • 254421 – Registered Nurse (Medical Practice)
  • 254422 – Registered Nurse (Mental Health)
  • 254423 – Registered Nurse (Perioperative)
  • 254424 – Registered Nurse (Surgical)
  • 254425 – Registered Nurse (Paediatrics)