Description
Everything you need to know about The Nursing Associate ... at a Glance!
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.
Table of Contents
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
Index
