This document discusses essential soft skills for nurses. It defines soft skills as personal qualities that help one become a good employee and compatible coworker. Soft skills are important for nurses to handle interpersonal relationships, make decisions, communicate effectively, and gain professional development. Examples of soft skills for nurses include adaptability, flexibility, initiative, patience, problem-solving, and critical thinking. The top 10 soft skills for nurses are then listed as communication, attitude and confidence, teamwork, networking, critical thinking and problem solving, professionalism, empathy, conflict resolution, adaptability, and initiative and strong work ethic. Each of these skills is further described.

1. ESSENTIAL SOFT
SKILLS FOR NURSES
By: Rebecka Thananki,
AIIMS COLLEGE OF NURSING,
PATNA.

2. What is Soft skill?
Soft skills means personal qualities, habits,
attitude and social graces which helps an
individual to become a good employee and
compatible to work with.

3. Importance of soft skills:
Soft skills are very important
1. To handle interpersonal relations.
2. To take appropriate decisions.
3. To communicate effectively.
4. To have good impression and impact to gain
professional development.

4. Examples of soft skills in nursing:
Soft Skill Description
Adaptability
Nurses are agreeable to learning and implementing new techniques, policies
procedures.
Flexibility
Nurses are willing to change work hours, cover extra shifts or stay later than
intended.
Initiative A nurse with initiative shows a willingness to act without being told what to do.
Patience
Nurses remain calm and maintain a positive attitude when faced with difficult
situations.
Problem-Solving and
Critical Thinking
Nurses are able to assess and evaluate a situation to determine a course of
action or solution.
Professionalism
Nurses are hardworking, conscientious and respectful. As healthcare
professionals, they follow workplace rules.

5. TOP 10 SOFT SKILL FOR NURSES
1. COMMUNICATION
2. ATTITUDE AND CONFIDENCE
3. TEAMWORK
4. NETWORKING
5. CRITITCAL THINKING AND CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING
6. PROFESSIONALISM
7. EMPATHY
8. CONFLICT RESOLUTIONS
9. ADAPTABILITY
10.INITIATIVE AND STRONG WORK ETHIC

6. COMMUNICATION:

8. ATTITUDE AND CONFIDENCE

10. TEAMWORK:
• Ability to successfully work cooperatively with others.
• Exchange ideas and support
• Building trust
• Willing to assist
• Recognize each others accomplishments
• Quality work and commitment
• Proper allocation of tasks

11. NETWORKING

12. CRITICAL THINKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING
Analytica
l ability
Developing
solution rather
than merely
identifying
problem
Creative
individual
Thinking
out of
box
Alert to potential
risks and threats
Proactive
not
reactive
BrainstormingKnowledgeable

13. PROFESSIONALISM

18. WHAT CAN YOU SEE:

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