Full Description
Understanding how to holistically assess, plan, deliver and monitor care is essential to working safely and effectively as a nursing associate. This book equips you with the skills to understand the approaches and theory behind compassionate care and to apply it within your practice. From biopsychosocial assessment and interprofessional partnership working, to prioritisation and escalation, it develops your confidence in meeting the individual needs of your patients, to understanding your role within the care team and to making clinical decisions.
Key features:
• Fully mapped to the NMC Standards of Proficiency for Nursing Associates (2018)
• Explains the principles of care planning, assessment and monitoring in clear, straightforward language
• Case studies and activities illustrate care delivery and its challenges across a range of different patient groups and care settings
• Written specifically to address the unique experiences, challenges and requirements of the nursing associate role
Contents
Chapter 1: Accountability
Chapter 2: Working in partnership with people
Chapter 3: Biopsychosocial healthcare assessment
Chapter 4: Understanding assessment tools
Chapter 5: How and when to monitor, prioritise and escalate care to the appropriate professional
Chapter 6: The principles and theories of planning nursing care
Chapter 7: The wider determinants of health when assessing and monitoring care
Chapter 8: How to deliver sensitive and compassionate care to all people
