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Practice-Based Learning for Nursing Associates

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October 2021 | 184 pages | Learning Matters
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.
Marion Taylor
Chapter 1: Learning in and from practice
Aine Feeney
Chapter 2: Support in practice
Tina Moore
Chapter 3: Primary care settings
Pam Hodge
Chapter 4: Social care settings
Adrian Jugdoyal
Chapter 5: Mental health settings
Esther Reid
Chapter 6: Learning disability settings
Aneta Polec
Chapter 7: Hospital adult care settings
Cariona Flaherty & Sinead Mehigan
Chapter 8: Acute care settings
Mike Bater & Xiaodong Wu
Chapter 9: Palliative care settings
Sophie McKay
Chapter 10: Child and young people care settings

Developing the Nursing Associate Programme at the moment and looking at all resources to support the modules.

Mr Mark Thomas Lees
Faculty of Health Sciences & Sport , Stirling University
May 29, 2024

This book provides practical case studies which tests the students critical thinking

Simone Bedford
Nursing, Sunderland University
December 13, 2022

I have put this on the reading list for two of my modules. It is useful for an introductory course in study skills and also portfolio work and is also detailed enough for dissertation work.

Ms wendy askam
Health, Cardinal Newman College
December 17, 2021

Very easy to read and offers a practical approach across all the fields of nursing and links to the new NMC standards throughout.

Mrs Lisa Haywood
College of health and social care, Derby University
January 26, 2022

Cariona Flaherty

Cariona Flaherty RGN, Higher Dip, BSc (Hons), PGCHE, FHEA, is a senior lecturer in adult nursing and programme leader for Nursing Associates at Middlesex University. Cariona is a specialist trained critical care nurse, who has extensive senior clinical and critical care education experience. In addition to her academic role, Cariona is currently a doctoral student at Middlesex University undertaking research related to critical thinking in undergraduate nurse education. More About Author

Marion Taylor

Marion Taylor SFHEA is an Associate Professor and Director of Programmes at Middlesex University.  Marion is a RGN and has a wealth of senior academic experience in leading the development and delivery of nursing and nursing associate programmes. Marion has interest and expertise in supporting students who are also employees, and working in close partnership with employers to ensure students realise their potential. More About Author

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