Nursing Associate''s Handbook of Clinical Skills

The Nursing Associate's Handbook of Clinical Skills
 
The Nursing Associate's Handbook of Clinical Skills provides evidence-based guidance for those undertaking the newly developed Nursing Associate (NA) role that bridges the gap between the Health Care Assistant (HCA) and the Registered Nurse (RN). Structured around the latest Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Proficiencies, this invaluable handbook helps the prospective Nursing Associates develop the skills and core competencies required to succeed in a broad range of healthcare contexts--covering more than 90 procedures, and communication and relationship management skills.
 
This timely resource features contributions from a team of experienced clinicians and academics, addressing clinical procedures on topics including skin integrity, nutrition and hydration, mobility and safety, respiratory care, managing infection, administering medicine, and end of life care. Clear, accessible chapters contain a wealth of effective learning tools, including self-assessment tests, review questions, links to electronic resources, supporting evidence, and more. This must-have textbook:
* Helps trainee Nursing Associates to develop and refine their skills, and demonstrate proficiency in offering care and support
* Reflects current NMC annexes, providing practical guidance on a diverse range of communication skills, strategies and procedures
* Covers the central elements of Nursing Associate care provision, including delivery, monitoring, and reviewing
* Includes colour illustrations, photographs, tables, charts, graphs, and algorithms designed to develop skills and demonstrate the links between theory and practice
 
Presenting the principles of care essential for meeting the needs of patients in dynamic health and social care environments, The Nursing Associate's Handbook of Clinical Skills is an indispensable guide for trainee Nursing Associates, as well as for health and social care assistants and those returning to practice.

List of contents

Annexe A
 
Communication and relationship management skills
 
1 Theories and models of communication
 
2 Approaches to effective communication
 
3 Interpersonal skills and therapeutic relationship skills
 
4 Working in a team
 
5 Listening actively
 
6 Information gathering
 
7 Escalating concerns
 
8 Written communication
 
9 Addressing compliments and complaints
 
Annexe B
 
Procedures
 
Unit 1 Procedures to enable effective monitoring of a person's condition
 
10 Vital signs
 
11 Venepuncture
 
12 ECG recording
 
13 Blood glucose assessment
 
14 Specimen collection
 
15 Recognising and escalating signs of all forms abuse
 
16 Recognising and escalating signs of self-harm and/or suicidal ideation
 
17 Basic mental health first aid
 
18 Basic first aid
 
Unit 2 Procedures for provision of person-centred nursing care
 
19 Pain
 
20 Promoting comfort in bed
 
21 Maintaining privacy and dignity
 
22 Promoting sleep
 
Unit 3 Provide care and support with hygiene and the maintenance of skin integrity
 
23 Re-assessment of skin
 
24 Supporting a person's skin integrity
 
25 Reassessment of hygiene status supporting a person's hygiene needs
 
26 Providing oral and dental care
 
27 Providing eye care
 
28 Providing nail care
 
29 Monitoring of wounds and providing wound care
 
Unit 4 Provide support with nutrition and hydration
 
30 Using nutritional assessment tools
 
31 Assisting people with feeding and drinking
 
32 Fluid balance
 
Unit 5 Provide support with maintaining bladder and bowel health
 
33 Observing and monitoring urinary and bowel continence
 
34 Recognising bladder and bowel patterns
 
35 Care and management of people with urinary catheters
 
36 Assisting with toileting and choosing and using appropriate continence products
 
Unit 6 Provide support with mobility and safety
 
37 Risk assessment tools associated with mobility and falls
 
38 Using a range of moving and handling techniques, aids and equipment
 
Unit 7 Provide support with respiratory care
 
39 Managing the administration of oxygen
 
40 Measuring respiratory status
 
41 Using nasal and oral suctioning techniques
 
42 Managing inhalation, humidifier and nebulizer devices
 
Unit 8 Preventing and managing infection
 
43 Recognising and responding rapidly to potential infection risk
 
44 Using aseptic non-touch technique
 
45 Using appropriate Personal Protective Equipment
 
46 Implementing isolation procedures
 
47 Using hand hygiene techniques
 
48 Decontaminating equipment and the environment
 
49 Safely handling waste, laundry and sharps
 
Unit 9 Meeting needs for care and support at the end of life
 
50 Recognising responding to the needs of those at the end of their lives
 
51 Review of care of those people and their families at the end of their lives
 
52 Providing care for the deceased
 
Unit 10 Procedural competencies for administering medicine safely
 
53 Reviewing a person's ability to administer their own medicines
 
54 Undertaking accurate drug calculations
 
55 Accountability in ensuring the safe administration of medicine
 
56 Administering medicines
 
57 Managing the effectiveness of symptom relief medications
 
58 Recognising and responding to adverse effects of medications

About the author

Ian Peate, OBE FRCN is Principal, School of Health Studies, Gibraltar; Visiting Professor of Nursing, St George's University of London and Kingston University London; Visiting Professor, Northumbria University; Visiting Senior Clinical Fellow, University of Hertfordshire, and Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal of Nursing.

Summary

The Nursing Associate's Handbook of Clinical Skills

The Nursing Associate's Handbook of Clinical Skills provides evidence-based guidance for those undertaking the newly developed Nursing Associate (NA) role that bridges the gap between the Health Care Assistant (HCA) and the Registered Nurse (RN). Structured around the latest Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Proficiencies, this invaluable handbook helps the prospective Nursing Associates develop the skills and core competencies required to succeed in a broad range of healthcare contexts--covering more than 90 procedures, and communication and relationship management skills.

This timely resource features contributions from a team of experienced clinicians and academics, addressing clinical procedures on topics including skin integrity, nutrition and hydration, mobility and safety, respiratory care, managing infection, administering medicine, and end of life care. Clear, accessible chapters contain a wealth of effective learning tools, including self-assessment tests, review questions, links to electronic resources, supporting evidence, and more. This must-have textbook:
* Helps trainee Nursing Associates to develop and refine their skills, and demonstrate proficiency in offering care and support
* Reflects current NMC annexes, providing practical guidance on a diverse range of communication skills, strategies and procedures
* Covers the central elements of Nursing Associate care provision, including delivery, monitoring, and reviewing
* Includes colour illustrations, photographs, tables, charts, graphs, and algorithms designed to develop skills and demonstrate the links between theory and practice

Presenting the principles of care essential for meeting the needs of patients in dynamic health and social care environments, The Nursing Associate's Handbook of Clinical Skills is an indispensable guide for trainee Nursing Associates, as well as for health and social care assistants and those returning to practice.

Product details

• Authors: I Peate, Ian Peate, Ian (School of Nursing and Midwifery) Peate
• Assisted by: Ia Peate (Editor), Ian Peate (Editor), Peate Ian (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2020
• EAN: 9781119642305
• ISBN: 978-1-119-64230-5
• No. of pages: 592
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Krankenpflege, Nursing, Einführungen in die Krankenpflege, Introductions to Nursing, Klinische Krankenpflege, General Clinical Nursing