Full Description
Promoting health and preventing ill health is central to your role as a nursing associate. Written in clear language and full of examples from practice, this book introduces all the aspects of health promotion that you need to know. Covering essential topics such as health inequalities, mental health promotion and making sense of demographic data, and with a new expanded look at culture and communication, supporting mental health for Children and Young People and the impact of socio-economic inequalities on access, this book develops your knowledge and skills in health promotion at the individual, community and population level.
Key features:
• Fully mapped to the 2018 NMC standards of proficiency for nursing associates
• Case studies, activities and new insights from real TNAs illustrate health promotion in different settings across all fields of nursing
• Written specifically to reflect the unique experiences, challenges and requirements of the nursing associate role, helping you to develop into a confidence and professional practitioner
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Understanding Nursing Associate Practice series (UNAP) is a new collection of books uniquely designed to support trainee nursing associates throughout their training and into a professional career.
Contents
Chapter 1: The principles of health promotion
Chapter 2: Communication skills in health promotion
Chapter 3: Understanding data and demographics
Chapter 4: Understanding health inequalities
Chapter 5: Early years to adolescence and promoting good health outcomes
Chapter 6: Infection control in settings
Chapter 7: Promoting healthy choices
Chapter 8: Promoting good mental health
