nurse responsible for general care
Nurses responsible for general care are in charge of promoting and restoring patients` health by providing physical and psychological support to patients, friends, and families. They also supervise assigned team members.
nurse responsible for general care nurses responsible for general care are in charge of promoting and restoring patients` health by providing physical and psychological support to patients, friends, and families. They also supervise assigned team members. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.43 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include hygiene in a health care setting, health care legislation, biological chemistry, impact of social contexts on health, patient autonomy.
Pay in the UK
UK: median £42,300 a year for Other nursing professionals (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)
Middle half of full-time jobs: £36,192 to £49,866 a year
UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 2237). ONS rates this estimate precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)
Pay in India (occupation group)
Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Professionals” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only nurse responsible for general care, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.
Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 2. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report
Top skills
Knowledge you'll build
- Psychology
- Customer and Personal Service
- Medicine and Dentistry
- English Language
- Administrative
- Therapy and Counseling
- Mathematics
- Administration and Management
What you'd actually do
- Record patients' medical information and vital signs.
- Administer medications to patients and monitor patients for reactions or side effects.
- Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records.
- Monitor, record, and report symptoms or changes in patients' conditions.
- Provide health care, first aid, immunizations, or assistance in convalescence or rehabilitation in locations such as schools, hospitals, or industry.
- Consult and coordinate with healthcare team members to assess, plan, implement, or evaluate patient care plans.
Tools & technology you'd use
Frequently asked questions
What does nurse responsible for general care do?
Nurses responsible for general care are in charge of promoting and restoring patients` health by providing physical and psychological support to patients, friends, and families. They also supervise assigned team members.
What skills does nurse responsible for general care need?
The most in-demand skills for this role include hygiene in a health care setting, health care legislation, biological chemistry, impact of social contexts on health, patient autonomy, safe management of medicines. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.
Will AI replace nurse responsible for general care?
Our AI-durability model gives nurse responsible for general care a score of 0.43 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.