Nursing Skills Tests
The Statistics Speak For Themselves
According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the demand for registered nurses will increase by 19% rate and there will be 500,000 new jobs available during the next 10 years.
A study conducted by Mercer shows that the U.S. will have a shortage of 446,300 home health aides and 29,400 nurse practitioners within 5 years.
According to Mercer, the U.S. will have a shortage of 98,700 medical and lab technologists and 95,000 nursing assistants within 5 years.
Top Skills & Abilities to Look For in Nurses
Communication Skills
Ability to put patients at ease, serve as a liaison between patients and doctors, and clearly document patient care.
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Know how to quickly size up a situation and decide what action is required to provide the best possible care.
Organization and Time Management
Be able to manage care for many different patients simultaneously and prioritize care based on any given situation.
Nursing Skills Assessments You Should Use
Standard Job-Based Tests: Choose from standard job-based tests such as Registered Nurse, Certified Medication Aide, Pharmacist, Medical Biller, Physical Therapist, Outpatient Scheduler, or Medical Director.
Standard Subject-Based Tests: Test in-depth on single skills like Medical Dosage Calculations, Medical Office Administration, Medical Terminology, Medical Transcription, Practical Nursing, Pharmaceutical Terminology, First Aid, and Customer Service.
Customize From Over 800 Modular Subjects: Create a multi-subject test in seconds by hand-picking your favorite topics and questions such as Home Health Aide, Dental Terminology, Medical Coding, and HIPAA.
Simulations: Determine if candidates can do a job by asking them to complete realistic simulations such as Multitasking, Chat, Word and Excel. We can also create custom simulations on request.
Situational Judgement Tests (SJT): Assess candidates’ Job Fit for a position and determine whether they will succeed in your corporate culture using Customer Service, Sales, Remote Leadership and Change Management SJTs.
Upload Your Own Content: Upload your own test content and use eSkill Author to create completely customized skills assessment tests.
Candy King
Business Operations Manager
Kaiser Permanente
“Using eSkill has helped us improve our annual competency testing process for frontline staff. We needed to enhance our employment assessment process for annual competency testing as well as hiring, and eSkill made it easy, convenient and reliable. I am continually impressed by the results!”
Brandy Greer
Nurse Residency Training Program Manager
Advent Health
“eSkill enables managers to easily assess the current knowledge level or new hires because it allows us to anticipate interventions. This helps better prepare new hires for our job environment and helps them ‘get up to speed’ more quickly. The data extraction process is pretty user-friendly as is using the option to forward test results.”
Stephanie Aliff
Human Resource Director
Monroe Health Center
“Great way to evaluate applicants and current staff! It is simple for the user. Easy to navigate and edit the tests. This was the format that I was looking for and it was a great help to me as a Human Resource Director.”
Jessica Wagner
Talent Acquisition Specialist
Vatica Health
“We hire candidates in various markets throughout the U.S. By using eSkill, we now have the capability to test candidates and quickly evaluate their skills and aptitudes to ensure we are identifying the best candidate for each role.”
Why Choose eSkill’s Nursing Skills Assessments
- eSkill makes assessing candidates’ job skills, psychological fit, and interview presentation easy and saves you time.
- Have confidence in your hiring decisions and team-building success with eSkill.
- Our job-tailored tests and video interviews will most accurately predict training needs and job fit with maximum legal compliance.
- Select from over 800 standard tests, or easily customized skills and behavioral tests from thousands of topics relevant to your job or training requirements.
- eSkill will help you hire better-qualified employees more quickly with defensible compliance.
- Banner Health, Kaiser Permanente, Advent Health, Alberta Health Services, and many others use eSkill’s nursing skills tests to find highly qualified employees. Learn why.
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