Specialized Nurse Practitioners (SNP)
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Job description
These individuals have additional training and experience in nursing. They deal with all aspects of people’s health (health-related needs, gathering information and history, advice on healthy living, etc.). They work in a variety of settings, including:
- Hospitals
- Family medicine groups
- Integrated social services centres
- Residential and long-term care centres (CHSLD)
- Youth centres
- Specialized outpatient clinics
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
- Hazardous chemical
- Biological agents
- Odours
- Hazardous workplaces
- Violence
Main tasks
- Prescribe medications, diagnostic tests, and medical treatments.
- Collaborate with the attending physician to identify health problems and establish care and treatment.
- As required, independently initiate treatment for the following chronic health problems:
- Diabetes
- Hypertension
- Hypercholesterolemia
- Asthma
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases
- Hypothyroidism
- Use diagnostic techniques that are invasive or pose a risk of injury.
- Provide clinical support to nurses and other professionals.
- Contribute to the follow-up of previously diagnosed patients.
- Design, implement, and evaluate health programs.
- Develop and implement educational programs.
- Collaborate in the development of training programs for nurses.
- Conduct clinical medical research.
Advancement and mobility
- These individuals generally work in one of the following specialties:
- Neonatology
- Mental Health
- Adult care
- Primary care
- Pediatric care
Training and requirements
Formation
Most training programs are offered in French only.
University
Nursing
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 90.6%
5.8% of graduates pursue further studies
Master’s degree
Placement rate: 88.9%
7.2% of graduates pursue further studies
Also required
- Membership in the Ordre professionnel des infirmières et infirmiers du Québec (OIIQ [Quebec Order of Professional Nurses]).
- Graduate training in the chosen specialty.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Data collection
- Judgment and decision-making
- Critical thought
- Solving complex problems
- Active learning
- Reading comprehension
- Active listening
- Oral expression
- Social perception
- Result evaluation
- Information processing
- Service oriented
- Science
- Teaching
- Coordination
- Written expression
- Time management
- Persuasion
- Learning strategies
- System analysis
- Negotiation
- Operation analysis
- Human resource management
Abilities
- Deductive reasoning
- Inductive reasoning
- Awareness of issues
- Oral comprehension
- Written comprehension
- Verbal skills
- Written expression
- Speech clarity
- Speech recognition
- Near vision
- Information organization
- Classification
- Idea generation
- Digital dexterity
- Perception speed
- Information processing speed
- Processing flexibility
- Memorization
- Originality
- Mathematical reasoning
- Hand-arm stability
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to establish and maintain interpersonal relations
- Critical thinking
- Sense of responsibility
- Capacity to adapt
- Capacity to work in a team
- Versatility
- Rigour
- Tolerance to stress
- Sense of observation
- Knowledge of medicine or dentistry
Interests
- Draft, communicate, and inform
- Carry out research
- Assist and advise
- Teach or educate
- Assist or care for people
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Social
- People with this profile prefer to be in contact with others, in particular to entertain, help or teach them.
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
- Artistic
- People with this profile prefer to express their emotions and thoughts through various art forms. They like to use their imagination.
Appellation d’emploi liée (à traduire)
Nurse practitioners (CNP 31302)
Skill type
Health
Last update: January 29, 2026