Chema Nieto Castañón Oct 15:

Y a título de aclaración adicional, la "enfermera no asistencial" es aquella enfermera cuyas funciones no están directamente relacionadas con la práctica clínica, esto es, con la atención directa de pacientes. Ver pej aquí: https://www.fuden.es/centro-simulacion-clinica/simulacion/mi...

Así, a la hora de traducir "enfermera asistencial" podrías querer incluir dicho matiz, pej. como "clinical registered nurse" -si bien habitualmente se sobreentiende la función clínica de la enfermera, explicitando sus funciones alternativas cuando estas no son directamente asistenciales, resultando así probablemente suficiente la denominación RN.

Chema Nieto Castañón Oct 15:

Solo por aclarar, "asistencial", en "enfermera asistencial", se refiere al paciente (enfermera que "asiste" al paciente; que presta servicio asistencial), mientras que "auxiliar", en "auxiliar de enfermería", se refiere al puesto; profesional que ayuda/auxilia a la enfermera ["asistente de enfermería" vs. "enfermera asistencial"]. El auxiliar de enfermería no es un enfermero. Tanto en ámbito anglosajón como hispano ambos puestos, el de enfermera y el de auxiliar de enfermería, se diferencian claramente.

En palabras de Eileen, una enfermera asistencial sería una "qualified nursing practitioner"; a (registered) general nurse.

Eileen Brophy Oct 14:

In the UK, an auxiliary nurse works as an assistant to a qualified nursing practitioner, within both the NHS and private healthcare sector.

Charles Davis Oct 14:

Not sure about the US. Here's a comment from a US Registered Nurse in a Quora thread on whether an auxiliary nurse can become a registered nurse:

"I had to google what an auxiliary nurse was because I have not heard the term working in the United States. Probably because an “auxiliary nurse" is not a nurse, and we try not to call people by titles which would mislead patients as to what their position is."
https://www.quora.com/Can-an-auxiliary-nurse-become-a-regist...

Eileen Brophy Oct 14:

I think the English definition depends on which country the translation is for because an auxiliary nurse helps an officially qualified nurse in the UK and an auxiliary nurse is not a qualified nurse as it seems to be in the USA and perhaps in other English speaking countries.

Charles Davis Oct 14:

It's what a basic nursing graduate becomes. The following is from an article by a lecturer in the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Navarra:

"En la literatura se refieren a la enfermería asistencial como enfermería básica (Hopwood 2006). Esta denominación se debe a que constituye el primer nivel en el que una enfermera puede trabajar después de graduarse. El siguiente nivel sería la especialidad en un área de Enfermería."
https://dadun.unav.edu/bitstream/10171/37277/1/Mari Carmen P...

Lisa Rosengard Oct 14:

It seems to be a care nurse with some administrative duties. He or she carries out an initial assessment of the patient's state of health and then continues to monitor progress. The care nurse compiles an individual care and support plan for each individual patient. He or she administers medication and treatments by following prescriptions and the previously established medication and treatment instructions and guidelines.

Charles Davis Oct 14:

Definition The Spanish definition quoted in the question ("Profesional de enfermería que tiene formación...") is the entry for "enfermero coordinador asistencial" in the Spanish version of the NIH National Cancer Institute online glossary:
https://www.cancer.gov/espanol/publicaciones/diccionarios/di...
It is not a definition of the term "enfermera asistencial".
It is interesting, perhaps, to note that the (American) English version of that same definition reads as follows:

"case management nurse
A registered nurse who has special training in how to plan, manage, and evaluate all aspects of patient care, especially for patients who get treatment over a long time. Also called nurse case manager."
https://www.cancer.gov/publications/dictionaries/cancer-term...

(Note "registered nurse" here.) So this is presumably a definition of the "patient manager" position to which this enfermera asistencial moved.