This bestselling handbook is designed to support you throughout your course, encompassing the core knowledge, behaviours and clinical skills needed for confident practice. Covering topics from academic and professional skills to applied bioscience, infection control and mental health, it helps build your clinical and interpersonal skills across diverse care settings.
In this fourth edition you will find:
A new chapter on EDI
New reflections from students and registered nursing associates in the field
Case studies and activities illustrating the nursing associate and assistant practitioner role in practice
This book is an essential companion for student nursing associates, assistant practitioners, and students enrolled on foundation degrees or higher-level healthcare apprenticeships.
Part One: Academic, Personal and Professional Development
Chapter 1: Developing Academic, Personal and Professional Skills
Chapter 2: Leadership and Teamwork in Health and Social Care
Chapter 3: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Chapter 4: Practising Values and Ethics in Health and Care Settings
Chapter 5: Applied Health Sciences
Part Two: Biosciences and Essential Knowledge and Skills for Care
Chapter 6: Bioscience: Anatomy and Physiology
Chapter 7: Biocience: Genomics and Pathophysiology
Chapter 8: Prevention and Control of Infection
Chapter 9: Essential Skills for Care
Chapter 10: Medicines Management
Chapter 11: Public Health Promotion
Part Three: Working with Different Groups of People
Chapter 12: Introduction to Mental Health and Wellbeing
Chapter 13: Additional Needs and Challenging Behaviours in Adults and Children
Chapter 14: Protecting Children and Vulnerable Adults
