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Neil Davison & David Matthews 
A Handbook for Trainee Nursing Associates 

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A Handbook for Trainee Nursing Associates provides a concise introduction to the essential background knowledge that aspiring nursing associates need as a foundation for their training.

Each chapter is linked to the outcomes of the NMC Standards of proficiency for nursing associates. This book will underpin your studies and enable you to support registered nurses in caring for people in a variety of health and care settings. It will also give a solid grounding for nursing associates who want to follow the progression route into graduate nursing.

Packed with activities to help you apply theory to contemporary practice, A Handbook for Trainee Nursing Associates covers the core of your studies:



  • Study skills

  • Professional and communication skills

  • Values and ethics

  • Society and health

  • Psychology and health

  • Public health and health promotion

  • Research and evidence-based practice

  • Mental health

  • Learning disabilities


A Handbook for Trainee Nursing Associates gives you an accessible introduction to the knowledge and understanding you will need at the start of your training and into your healthcare career.

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Table of Content

Preface; Acknowledgements; About the authors; Introduction: background and context




Chapter 1: Study skills


Neil Davison

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Check your study skills

1.3 Learning preferences

1.4 Getting organised

1.5 Finding and reading information

1.6 Participating in specific learning and assessment activities

Chapter summary; Further reading; References




Chapter 2: Professional skills


Linda Bale

2.1 Introduction

2.2 The importance of communication in nursing

2.3 Team working and leadership

2.4 Leadership and management

Chapter summary; Further reading; References




Chapter 3: Values and ethics


Anneyce Knight and Nevin Mehmet

3.1 Introduction

3.2 What are values and ethics?

3.3 Why are values and ethics relevant to nursing and my role as a nursing associate?

3.4 Virtue ethics in everyday healthcare

3.5 The four principles in everyday healthcare

3.6 Accountability

Chapter summary; Further reading; References




Chapter 4: Society and its impact upon health


David Matthews

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Social determinants of health

4.3 Why society? Understanding your service users

4.4 Biomedical model

4.5 Social model

4.4 Social class, money and wealth

4.6 Gender: men, women and health

4.7 Ethnicity and health inequalities

Chapter summary; Further reading; References




Chapter 5: Psychology and health


Graham Jones

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Psychology

5.3 Psychology of health

5.4 Philosophy of psychology

5.5 Approaches to health management

5.6 Holism

5.7 What makes us what we are?

5.8 Behaviour

5.9 Locus of control

5.10 Conclusion

Chapter summary; Further reading; References




Chapter 6: Public health and health promotion


Anneyce Knight

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Why are public health and health promotion relevant to my role as a nursing associate?

6.3 What is public health?

6.4 History of public health

6.5 The structure of English public health

6.6 UK Health Security Agency

6.7 World Health Organization and global public health

6.8 The NHS Long Term Plan and national public health priorities

6.9 What is health promotion?

6.10 History of health promotion

6.11 The importance of the Ottawa Charter

6.12 Developing health literacy

6.13 Understanding some of the challenges to changing health behaviour

Chapter summary; Further reading; References




Chapter 7: Research and evidence-based practice


Neil Davison and David Matthews

7.1 Introduction

7.2 The knowledge base of nursing practice

7.4 Evidence-based practice

7.5 Research

7.6 The hierarchy of evidence

Chapter summary; Further reading; References




Chapter 8: Mental health


David Matthews

8.1 Introduction

8.2 What do we mean by ‘mental health’?

8.3 Stigma

8.4 Labelling

8.5 Mental health problems: biological, psychological and sociological causes

8.6 Mental health across the life course

8.7 Mental health conditions

8.8 Intervention and support

Chapter summary; Further reading; References




Chapter 9: Learning disability


Josh Hodgson

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Learning disability – the broad picture

9.3 Comorbidities

9.4 Capacity

9.5 Communication

9.6 The role of behaviour

9.7 Mental health

9.8 Contemporary initiatives and drivers for change

9.9 Building a resource toolkit

9.10 The impact of Covid-19 on people with a learning disability

Chapter summary; Further reading; References




Index

About the author

David is a Lecturer in health and social care at Bangor University, and is programme leader for its BA Health and Social Care, where he teaches issues and subjects relating to the social determinants of health and health policy, as well as supervising undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations. His research interests and publications focus on critical and materialist understandings of the welfare state and social policy, with a particular emphasis on the impact of neoliberalism and capitalism for health and mental health. In addition, he has an interest in the development and evolution of Welsh health policy during the era of devolution. 
Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 210 ● ISBN 9781914962059 ● File size 5.9 MB ● Publisher Lantern Publishing ● City Banbury ● Country GB ● Published 2023 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 8885936 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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