Main description:

This book will help you to prepare for and excel in your nursing associate practice placements. Covering all settings and all fields of nursing, the book will show you how to make the most of each placement and transfer learning and skills from one area of practice to another.

Key features:

- Fully mapped to the NMC Standards of Proficiency for Nursing Associates (2018)

- Helps you prepare for placements in a way that best supports your professional development and personal wellbeing

- Case studies and activities introduce you to different settings across all fields of nursing

- Focussed specifically on the requirements of the nursing associate role, helping you to develop into a confident professional practitioner

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: Learning in and from practice - Marion Taylor
Chapter 2: Support in practice - Aine Feeney
Chapter 3: Primary care settings - Tina Moore
Chapter 4: Social care settings - Pam Hodge
Chapter 5: Mental health settings - Adrian Jugdoyal
Chapter 6: Learning disability settings - Esther Reid
Chapter 7: Hospital adult care settings - Aneta Polec
Chapter 8: Acute care settings - Cariona Flaherty & Sinead Mehigan
Chapter 9: Palliative care settings - Mike Bater & Xiaodong Wu
Chapter 10: Child and young people care settings - Sophie McKay