The Nursing Associate at a Glance

1 The Code
 
2 Legal and ethical
 
3 Duty of candour
 
4 Non - discriminatory behaviour
 
5 The demands of professional practice
 
6 Health and wellbeing: self care
 
7 The principles of research and evidence-based practice
 
8 Emotional intelligence
 
9 Effective communication
 
10 Maintaining appropriate relationships
 
11 Advocacy and person centred sensitive care
 
12 Reporting adverse incidents
 
13 Numeracy, literacy, digital and technological skills
 
14 Record keeping
 
15 Reflective practice
 
16 Promoting public confidence in the profession
 
Platform 2. Promoting health and preventing ill health
 
17 Principles of health promotion
 
18 Health behaviours
 
19 Epidemiology, demography and genomics
 
20 Health inequalities
 
21 Life choices
 
22 Health literacy
 
23 Health screening
 
24 Immunisation and vaccination
 
25 Infection, prevention and control
 
Platform 3. Provide and monitor care
 
26 Human development
 
27 Anatomy and physiology
 
28 Commonly encountered conditions when delivering care
 
29 Information giving pre- procedure
 
30 Shared decision making
 
31 Escalating concerns
 
32 Dignity and comfort
 
33 Nutrition and hydration
 
34 Mobility
 
35 The deteriorating patient
 
36 Anxiety and confusion
 
37 Discomfort and pain
 
38 End of life care
 
39 End of life decisions and orders
 
40 Medicines management I
 
41 Medicines management II
 
42 Medicines management III
 
43 Working in partnership with people, families and carers
 
44 Co morbidities and holistic care provision
 
45 Capacity, understanding information and making decisions
 
46 Self harm and suicide
 
47 Sharing information
 
Platform 4. Working

IAN PEATE, OBE FRCN, is Head of School, School of Health Studies, Gibraltar, Visiting Professor of Nursing, Northumbria University and St. George's University of London, Visiting Senior Clinical Fellow, University of Hertfordshire, Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal of Nursing and Consultant Editor of the Journal of Paramedic Practice.