Personal and Professional Development for Nursing Associates (First edition)

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-5296-9060-6
Verlag: Learning Matters

Buch, Englisch, 168 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 305 g

Reihe: Understanding Nursing Associate Practice

Looking after yourself personally and knowing how you can develop professionally are essential to working safely and effectively as a nursing associate. Written specifically for students and apprentices, this book equips you with the skills to identify your goals, face challenges and opportunities and develop the key resilience, self-awareness and self-management skills you need for success. From accountability and stress management to employability and revalidation, it develops your confidence to understand your identity as a nursing associate and to progress in your future career.

Key features:

• Fully mapped to the NMC Standards of Proficiency for Nursing Associates

• Explains the principles of personal and professional development in clear, straightforward language, covering topics such as reflective practice, building professional relationships and being a role model.

• Case studies and activities help you to plan and work towards your personal and professional goals and to build good habits.

• Written specifically to address the unique transitions, experiences and requirements of the nursing associate role

Autoren/Hrsg.

Alred, Karen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Knowing Self & Developing Self-awareness
Chapter 2: Reflective Practice
Chapter 3: Resilience for Professional Practice
Chapter 4: Role Modelling and Professional Relationships
Chapter 5: Accountability in Nursing Associate Practice
Chapter 6: Transitions & Professional Identity
Chapter 7: Employability Skills
Chapter 8: Continuing Professional Development and NMC Revalidation

Über Autor(innen)

Alred, Karen
Karen Alred qualified as an EN at GOSH in the 1980’s, completed the RN(A) conversion and is a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse in School Nursing, registered NMC teacher and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Previously Course Lead for the Assistant Practitioner and Nursing Associate Higher Apprenticeships at the University of Suffolk, she is currently working as a lecturer for the FdSc Nursing Associate Higher Apprenticeship at the University of East Anglia (UEA). She held a previous role within the RCN Education Forum Steering Group Committee. She uses her own experiences of learning to enable students to gain the most from the Trainee Nursing Associate Higher Apprenticeship.