Personal and Professional Development for Nursing Associates [Paperback]

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 roleMapped to the NMC Standards, this book helps student nursing associates to build self-awareness and self-management skills to support their continued personal and professional development. This handbook constitutes an essential resource for nursing associate students, supporting them to develop core skills for  completing the academic programme. There are clear links to the nursing associate standards and to the knowledge, skills and behaviours required for practice as a nursing associate. It signposts relevant support systems throughout the programme, based on individualised analysis of the nursing associate student’s experló#