| About 90% nurses feel that it is their aptitude to | | | | theory, but all of that would be a waste, if they |
| nursing that makes them succeed in this tough and | | | | don't implement the skills in their clinical practice. Most |
| competitive domain. This is true because the nurses | | | | nursing courses have time allocated for clinical |
| should feel care for their patients and it is only then | | | | practice and this is where nurses get a practical |
| that they would be able to make the patient feel | | | | demonstration of how the skills learnt in theory could |
| better. That being said, skills play an important role in | | | | be put to use. For specialized courses like CRNA and |
| determining how well the nurse does her role. | | | | Advanced Nurse Practitioner program, the amount of |
| Significantly, the importance of skills in nursing applies | | | | hours spent in clinical practice will be a lot more than |
| to all levels of nursing, indicating that this is something | | | | the time spent in clinical practice during a Bachelor's |
| nurses could ill afford to ignore. | | | | program. |
| The good news is that nurses are exposed to these | | | | In any work domain, skills learnt in theory or in |
| skills right from the most elementary levels of | | | | training sessions could be rendered useless, until they |
| education in nursing. For example, even a nurse who | | | | are put to test in a live environment. In nursing, all |
| does the Associate Degree in Nursing would be | | | | the hours a nurse spent in learning the skills could go |
| exposed to these skills. Though, these skills would be | | | | waste if they are shy to put them to use when |
| taught to them at a far advanced level had they | | | | working in their respective roles in practical health |
| been doing a Bachelor's Course or a Master's | | | | care. It is here that some nurses fail because they |
| Program. These courses are more intensive than the | | | | think learning all the skills is all that nursing requires. |
| Associate's Degree and hence the skills taught to the | | | | The bottom-line really is that skills in nursing are |
| nurses here would be advanced. | | | | required to ensure the patient has a satisfactory stay |
| Most importantly, nurses can learn as many skills in | | | | in the health care setting. |