3152 Description of  Registered Nurses

 

This unit group includes registered nurses, nurse practitioners, registered psychiatric nurses and graduates of a nursing program who are awaiting registration (graduate nurses). They provide direct nursing care to patients, deliver health education programs and provide consultative services regarding issues relevant to the practice of nursing. They are employed in a variety of settings including hospitals, nursing homes, extended care facilities, rehabilitation centres, doctors' offices, clinics, community agencies, companies and private homes, or they may be self-employed.

Here is a list of Example Titles of this occupation.  
 

  • acute care nurse practitioner
  • advanced nurse practitioner
  • advanced practice nurse
  • ambulatory care nurse
  • bedside nurse
  • burn patient care nurse
  • burn victim care nurse
  • cardiac surgery nurse
  • cardiology nurse
  • cardiology nurse technician
  • casual duty nurse
  • circulating nurse
  • clinic nurse
  • clinical nurse
  • clinical nurse specialist
  • co-ordinator, infection control – hospital
  • community health nurse
  • consultant nurse
  • consultant, nursing
  • contagious disease transmission prevention nurse
  • coronary intensive care nurse
  • coronary unit nurse
  • critical care nurse
  • dialysis nurse
  • doctor's office nurse
  • emergency care nurse
  • emergency nurse
  • first aid nurse
  • float nurse
  • general duty nurse
  • general duty nurse – psychiatry
  • geriatric care nurse
  • geriatric nurse
  • gerontology nurse
  • graduate nurse
  • graduate nurse – doctor's office
  • graduate nurse – occupational health
  • graduate nurse – physician's office
  • graduate private duty nurse
  • graduate religious nurse
  • hemodialysis nurse
  • home care neuroscience nurse
  • home care nurse
  • home care nurse, neuroscience
  • hospital hygiene nurse
  • hospital hygienist – nursing
  • hospital nurse
  • ICU (intensive care unit) nurse
  • independent practice nurse
  • industrial nurse
  • infection control co-ordinator – hospital
  • infection control nurse
  • infection control officer – hospital
  • infection control officer – medical
  • infection surveillance nurse
  • intensive care nurse
  • intensive care unit (ICU) nurse
  • liaison nurse
  • medical intensive care nurse
  • mental health nurse
  • missionary nurse
  • nephrology and kidney transplantation nurse
  • nephrology and renal transplantation nurse
  • nephrology nurse
  • neuroscience nurse
  • nurse
  • nurse – birthing room
  • nurse – military
  • nurse consultant
  • nurse counsellor
  • nurse educator
  • nurse employed at national level
  • nurse in independent practice
  • nurse instructor
  • nurse of native ancestry
  • nurse practitioner
  • nurse researcher
  • nurse technician
  • nurse, contagious disease transmission prevention
  • nurse, geriatric
  • nurse, hospital hygiene
  • nursing adviser
  • nursing consultant
  • nursing counsellor
  • nursing evaluator
  • nursing researcher
  • nursing researcher – nurse
  • nursing sister
  • nursing technician
  • obstetrics nurse
  • occupational health nurse
  • occupational health nurse consultant
  • occupational medicine nurse
  • office nurse
  • officer, infection control – hospital
  • on-call nurse
  • oncology nurse
  • operating room (OR) nurse
  • OR (operating room) nurse
  • out-patient clinic nurse
  • outpost nurse
  • outreach nurse
  • palliative care nurse
  • pediatric intensive care nurse
  • pediatric nurse
  • perinatal care nurse
  • physician's office nurse
  • primary care nurse
  • primary health care nurse practitioner
  • primary nurse
  • private care nurse
  • private duty nurse
  • psychiatric and mental health nurse
  • psychiatric nurse
  • public and community health nurse
  • public health nurse
  • public health nurse consultant
  • recovery room nurse
  • Red Cross nurse
  • registered community health nurse
  • registered industrial nurse
  • registered nurse (R.N.)
  • registered Nurse – call centre
  • registered nurse – extended class (RN-EC)
  • registered nurse – public and community health
  • registered Nurse – telehealth
  • registered psychiatric nurse (R.P.N.)
  • registered public health nurse
  • religious nurse
  • respiratory care nurse
  • respiratory nurse specialist
  • RN (registered nurse)
  • RPN (registered psychiatric nurse)
  • school health nurse
  • school nurse
  • scrub nurse
  • staff nurse
  • surgical intensive care nurse
  • tele-nurse
  • telehealth registered nurse
  • triage nurse
  • Victoria Order nurse
  • Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) nurse
  • visiting nurse
  • VON (Victorian Order of Nurses) nurse
  • ward nurse
  • youth centre nurse
Additionally, applicants with experience in the following occupations may also be considered under this NOC depending on the specifics of the main duties performed:
  • Head Nurses and Supervisors (3151)
  • Licensed Practical Nurses (3233)
  • Nursing service managers (in 0311 Managers in Health Care)
  • Registered practical nurses (in 3233 Licensed Practical Nurses)

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