Skills for Nurse Practitioners
The skills, knowledge, and tools that matter most for nurse practitioners, ranked by O*NET importance — so you know what to lead with on your resume.
What to lead with
Refit analysis ·O*NET rates Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Critical Thinking as the highest-importance skills here — so a resume aimed at this role should lead with evidence of those, not a generic skills list.
Top skills (ranked by importance)
O*NET importance score in parentheses (1–5).
- 1.Reading Comprehension4.12
- 2.Active Listening4.12
- 3.Critical Thinking4.12
- 4.Writing4
- 5.Speaking4
- 6.Active Learning4
- 7.Monitoring4
- 8.Science3.75
- 9.Learning Strategies3.5
- 10.Mathematics3
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Knowledge areas
- Medicine and Dentistry
- English Language
- Biology
- Psychology
- Customer and Personal Service
- Therapy and Counseling
- Education and Training
- Sociology and Anthropology
Core work activities
- Documenting/Recording Information
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems
- Getting Information
- Assisting and Caring for Others
- Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
- Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
- Analyzing Data or Information
- Processing Information
- Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
In-demand tools & technology
- eClinicalWorks EHR software
- Epic Systems
- MEDITECH software
- Allscripts Professional EHR
- Amkai AmkaiCharts
- Bizmatics PrognoCIS EMR
- Cerner Millennium
- e-MDs software
- GE Healthcare Centricity EMR
- Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS
- Medical condition coding software
- Medical procedure coding software
- Medscribbler Enterprise
- MicroFour PracticeStudio.NET EMR
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- NextGen Healthcare Information Systems EMR