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Factual side-by-side attributes from the imported O*NET and BLS OEWS datasets. No career is ranked or recommended.

Career A (or your current career)

Critical Care Nurses

Career B (or your target career)

Hospitalists

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Comparison table

MetricCritical Care NursesHospitalists
National median salary$97,550$265,930
Local median salaryNot publishedNot published
National employment3,379,720342,720
Typical educationBachelor's DegreePost-Doctoral Training
Job zone45
Important skillsMonitoring, Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Active Listening, Service OrientationActive Listening, Reading Comprehension, Judgment and Decision Making, Social Perceptiveness, Complex Problem Solving
Related careersHospitalists, Pediatric Surgeons, Pediatricians, General, Family Medicine PhysiciansNurse Midwives, Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses, Psychiatrists, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians

Career transition: skill overlap

Skill overlap

86%

19 of 22 target skills

Target-only skills

3

Current-only skills

1

Skill overlap compares O*NET skills rated at importance 3.0 or above for each occupation. It is a measure of listed skill overlap, not a probability of getting the job.

Shared skills

  • Judgment and Decision Making+0.4 level
  • Speaking+0.4 level
  • Active Listening+0.6 level
  • Critical Thinking+0.6 level
  • Active Learning+0.9 level
  • Reading Comprehension+1.1 level
  • Social Perceptiveness+0.8 level
  • Complex Problem Solving+0.9 level
  • Service Orientation+0.1 level
  • Monitoring+0.4 level
  • Writing+0.4 level
  • Coordination
  • Science+0.4 level
  • Time Management
  • Learning Strategies+0.4 level
  • Persuasion
  • Instructing+0.6 level
  • Management of Personnel Resources+0.1 level
  • Negotiation

Only in Hospitalists

  • Systems Analysis
  • Systems Evaluation
  • Mathematics

Only in Critical Care Nurses

  • Operations Monitoring