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Resume skills guide · SOC 29-1141

Skills for Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses

The skills, knowledge, and tools that matter most for advanced practice psychiatric nurses, ranked by O*NET importance — so you know what to lead with on your resume.

What to lead with

Refit analysis ·O*NET rates Active Listening, Speaking, Reading Comprehension as the highest-importance skills here — so a resume aimed at this role should lead with evidence of those, not a generic skills list. On the tools side, O*NET flags Google Meet, Microsoft Teams as in-demand technologies for this role.

Top skills (ranked by importance)

O*NET importance score in parentheses (1–5).

  • 1.Active Listening4.38
  • 2.Speaking4.12
  • 3.Reading Comprehension4
  • 4.Writing4
  • 5.Critical Thinking4
  • 6.Monitoring4
  • 7.Active Learning3.88
  • 8.Learning Strategies3.75
  • 9.Science2.88
  • 10.Mathematics2.75

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Knowledge areas

  • Psychology
  • Therapy and Counseling
  • English Language
  • Medicine and Dentistry
  • Biology
  • Sociology and Anthropology
  • Education and Training
  • Customer and Personal Service

Core work activities

  • Assisting and Caring for Others
  • Documenting/Recording Information
  • Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
  • Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
  • Making Decisions and Solving Problems
  • Getting Information
  • Processing Information
  • Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
  • Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
  • Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards

In-demand tools & technology

  • Google Meet
  • Microsoft Teams
  • SAS
  • AUDIT-C
  • Beck Anxiety Inventory
  • Beck Depression Inventory
  • Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale BPRS Nursing Modification
  • California Verbal Learning Test
  • Category Fluency Test
  • Children's Depression Inventory
  • Controlled Oral Word Association Task
  • Electroconvulsive therapy equipment
  • Epic HER
  • Geriatric Depression Scale
  • Hendrich Falls Risk Model
  • Invivo Data EPX ePRO Management System