The Nursing Associate at a Glance

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The Nursing Associate at a Glance is a comprehensive guide developed to support trainee nursing associates with revision and practice-based learning, helping readers to uphold and maintain their Code of Conduct, promote healthy behaviours, treat ill health, and provide and monitor care effectively. Aligned with the six Nursing and Midwifery Council standards of proficiency for nursing associates, the book provides indispensable information about a range of areas of care including:

• How to contribute to integrated care, including how to be resilient and how to understand the various roles of health and social care teams
• How to improve the safety and quality of care, including an examination of health and safety legislation and the use of risk assessment tools
• How to effectively work in teams, including positive interaction with other members of the care team and how to manage data
• How to provide and monitor care, including discussions of deteriorating, anxious and confused patients

Perfect for trainee nursing associates seeking to successfully graduate from the nursing associate programme, The Nursing Associate at a Glance provides readers with the skills and knowledge required to be competent, confident and compassionate nursing associates.

Ian Peate, OBE FRCN is Principal, School of Health Studies, Gibraltar, Visiting Professor of Nursing, Northumbria University and St George’s University of London, Visiting Senior Clinical Fellow, University of Hertfordshire, Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal of Nursing and Consultant Editor of Journal of Paramedic Practice. 

1 The Code

2 Legal and ethical

3 Duty of candour

4 Non - discriminatory behaviour

5 The demands of professional practice

6 Health and wellbeing: self care

7 The principles of research and evidence-based practice

8 Emotional intelligence

9 Effective communication

10 Maintaining appropriate relationships

11 Advocacy and person centred sensitive care

12 Reporting adverse incidents

13 Numeracy, literacy, digital and technological skills

14 Record keeping

15 Reflective practice

16 Promoting public confidence in the profession

Platform 2. Promoting health and preventing ill health

17 Principles of health promotion

18 Health behaviours

19 Epidemiology, demography and genomics

20 Health inequalities

21 Life choices

22 Health literacy

23 Health screening

24 Immunisation and vaccination

25 Infection, prevention and control

Platform 3. Provide and monitor care

26 Human development

27 Anatomy and physiology

28 Commonly encountered conditions when delivering care

29 Information giving pre- procedure

30 Shared decision making

31 Escalating concerns

32 Dignity and comfort

33 Nutrition and hydration

34 Mobility

35 The deteriorating patient

36 Anxiety and confusion

37 Discomfort and pain

38 End of life care

39 End of life decisions and orders

40 Medicines management I

41 Medicines management II

42 Medicines management III

43 Working in partnership with people, families and carers

44 Co morbidities and holistic care provision

45 Capacity, understanding information and making decisions

46 Self harm and suicide

47 Sharing information

Platform 4. Working in teams

48 Roles and responsibilities

49 Interacting with members of the care team

50 Human factors and team working

51 Data management

52 Prioritising care and co-morbidities

53 Giving and receiving constructive feedback

54 Role modelling

Platform 5. Improving safety and quality of care

55 Health and safety legislation

56 Clinical audit

57 Risk assessment tools

58 National Early Warning Score (NEWS2)

59 Hazards and incidents

60 Staffing and safe care

61 Revalidation

Platform 6. Contributing to integrated care

62 Being resilient

63 The roles of health and social care teams

64 Long term conditions

65 Promoting independence

66 Accessing care

67 Discharge planning

Appendix (i) Annexes A and B

References

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