The Nursing Associate at a Glance
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The Nursing Associate at a Glance

Ian Peate

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Ian Peate

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Everything you need to know about The Nursing Associate... at a Glance!

The Nursing Associate at a Glance is a comprehensive guide developed to support trainee nursing associates with revision and practice-based learning, helping readers to uphold and maintain their Code of Conduct, promote healthy behaviours, treat ill health, and provide and monitor care effectively. Aligned with the six Nursing and Midwifery Council standards of proficiency for nursing associates, the book provides indispensable information about a range of areas of care including:

  • How to contribute to integrated care, including how to be resilient and how to understand the various roles of health and social care teams
  • How to improve the safety and quality of care, including an examination of health and safety legislation and the use of risk assessment tools
  • How to effectively work in teams, including positive interaction with other members of the care team and how to manage data
  • How to provide and monitor care, including discussions of deteriorating, anxious and confused patients

Perfect for trainee nursing associates seeking to successfully graduate from the nursing associate programme, The Nursing Associate at a Glance provides readers with the skills and knowledge required to be competent, confident and compassionate nursing associates.

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Year
2021
ISBN
9781119724353
Subtopic
Nursing
Edition
1
A photograph of a doctor along with two nurses.

Platform 1
Being an accountable practitioner

1
The Code

At the point of registration, the Nursing Associate will be able to: understand and act in accordance with the Code ā€“ professional standards of practice and behaviour for nurses, midwives and Nursing Associates ā€“ and fulfil all registration requirements.
Schematic illustration of the Code depicting Prioritise people, Practise Effectively, Preserve Safety, and Promote Professionalism and Trust.
Figure 1.1 The Code.

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The standards within the Code are what the Nursing Associate commits to when joining or renewing their registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). The professional standards of practice and behaviour are fundamental to being a part of the nursing profession.

The Code

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) functions so as to protect the public. They do this is in a number of ways, for example, by ensuring that only those who meet their requirements are permitted to practise as a nurse or midwife in the UK, or in England, as a Nursing Associate. The NMC will take action if there are any concerns raised about whether a Nursing Associate is fit to practise. In serious cases, this action can lead to the Nursing Associateā€™s name being removed from the professional register.
The NMC (2018) publishes its Code of Conduct (The Code. Professional Standards of Practice and Behaviours for Nurses, Midwives and Nursing Associates) setting out common standards of conduct and behaviour for those on the register. This aim of the Code is to provide a clear, consistent and positive message to others including patients, service users and colleagues about what it is that they can expect from the Nursing Associate who provides nursing care. The Code describes the professional standards that Nursing Associates must uphold.
Nursing Associates must act in line with the Code, irrespective of whether they are providing direct care to individual people, groups or communities or they are drawing on their professional knowledge to influence nursing practice in other roles, for example, leadership, education or research. The values and principles in the Code are relevant in a range of practice settings; they are not, however, negotiable or optional.
There are four key themes in the Code (see Figure 1.1). The Code applies to all Nursing Associates regardless of where they are practising, for example, in primary care, community, acute care, with adults, older people, children and young people or in places of detention. The Code is generic in nature in so far as it not applicable to any one specific field of nursing, it pertains to learning disabilities nursing, children and young peopleā€™s nursing, mental health nursing and adult nursing and across the lifespan. The Nursing Associate may also be working in a social care setting, criminal justice setting, with the homeless, working with families and other agencies; regardless, the Code applies.

Prioritise people

At all times the Nursing Associate is required to ensure that the interests of people using or needing nursing services will come first. The care and safety of people are the Nursing Associateā€™s key concerns; dignity is to be preserved, and needs are to be acknowledged, assessed and responded to. Those who receive care are to be treated with respect, their rights upheld and discriminatory attitudes and behaviours challenged.

Practise effectively

Care delivery or the provision of advice on treatment or providing help (including preventative or rehabilitative care) must be done without too much delay, to the best of abilities. Care is provided on the basis of the best evidence available and best practice. The Nursing Associate must communicate effectively, maintain clear and accurate records and share skills, knowledge and experience where appropriate. They must reflect and act on any feedback received so as to improve their practice.

Preserve safety

When practising, the Nursing Associate must ensure that patient and public safety is not affected, working within the limits of their competence. Exercise the professional ā€˜duty of candourā€™ and raise concerns without delay whenever there are situations that put patients or public safety at risk. Where appropriate take necessary action to deal with any concerns.

Promote professionalism and trust

The reputation of the profession must be upheld at all times, and the Nursing Associate is required to display a personal commitment to the standards of practice and behaviour set out in the Code. The Nursing Associate should be a model of integrity and leadership that others would wish to aspire to. This should lead to trust and confidence in the profession from patients, people receiving care, other health and care professionals as w...

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