Team Working and Professional Practice for Nursing Associates
First edition
- Safina Bibi - Birmingham City University, UK
- Enrika Comley - Birmingham City University, UK
- Joanne Forman - Birmingham City University, UK
December 2022 | 136 pages | Learning Matters
As a trainee nursing associate, it is essential to understand what it means to be a registered professional and to know your role within an interdisciplinary team. This book will help you to develop your professional identity and give you the skills and knowledge to become a valued team member. Covering important topics such as understanding your responsibilities as a registered professional and how to be heard in difficult situations, this guide will enable you to become a confident and successful team player.
Key features:
· Fully mapped to the NMC standards of proficiency for nursing associates (2018)
· Case studies and activities illustrate theory in different practice settings across all fields of nursing
· Written specifically to address the unique experiences, challenges and requirements of the nursing associate role
ABOUT 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.
Key features:
· Fully mapped to the NMC standards of proficiency for nursing associates (2018)
· Case studies and activities illustrate theory in different practice settings across all fields of nursing
· Written specifically to address the unique experiences, challenges and requirements of the nursing associate role
ABOUT 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.
Chapter 1: What is an accountable professional?
Chapter 2: Understanding what guides your practice
Chapter 3: The inter-disciplinary team and how its members influence care
Chapter 4: How to deliver and contribute to person-centred care within a team
Chapter 5: Skills for team working
Chapter 6: How to be heard in difficult situations
Chapter 7: Maintaining your sense of identity and resilience as a nursing associate
My interest in this book was supporting my Assistant Practitioner course, whilst preparing to teach a Nurse Associate course. The main differences being placements, registration and level of HE study.
I am amazed what this book has managed to pack in, covering a wide range of topics in brief, but challenging the learner all along the way to process the information by thinking about case studies, their practice and reflective exercises.
The inclusion of chapters regarding human factors and resilience is very apt in this period of change.
Department of Nursing, Swansea University
January 25, 2025