The Handbook for Nursing Associates and Assistant Practitioners

Written specifically for students who are undertaking a foundation degree or higher level apprenticeship in healthcare practice, or for those studying for the new nursing associate role, this book provides readers with the core knowledge and skills, giving them a springboard to further study.  

Key features include:

• A broad range of topics such as study skills, professional development, infection control and health promotion, health sciences, mental health, learning disabilities, children and families
• Clinical case studies throughout to show how theory relates to real-life practice
• Different levels of activity to help students ‘step up learning’ whether they are at level 4 or 5

Written by a wide range of authors with both experience in practice and in running degrees in nursing and health, the book is essential reading for all healthcare support workers, assistant practitioners and nursing associates.

Gillian Rowe is a full-time writer and researcher working with marginalised groups such as the GRT community. She has edited and authored chapters for this book and has edited and written for the Learning Matters imprint on health promotion and ethics and values for nursing associates. Gillian has extensive experience of the healthcare sector, having been a qualified nurse and then managed a large residential care facility. Gillian completed a PGCE and lectured for Plymouth University; Gillian is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA).

Dr. Scott Ellis holds a doctorate in education and has spent the past decade researching at the intersection of public health, sexual health, and masculinities. He is a senior lecturer at the University of Sunderland in London. He works with the Care Quality Commission to inspect healthcare services in England as part of the organisation’s regulatory function. Scott is a Fellow of Advance HE (formerly the Higher Education Academy) and a Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health.

Michelle Henderson is a qualified adult nurse and Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN). She completed her first degree at Northumbria University and has also completed an MSc in Healthcare Leadership and is a registered coach having completed an ILM qualification in coaching and mentoring. She has worked in a range of NHS clinical specialties as well as non-NHS settings. She has specialised in public health settings for a number of years, including working as a Sister in Occupational Health at a large foundation trust where she completed a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse degree (SCPHN). Michelle had also worked at Public Health England (now known as UKSHA) as a health protection nurse and Health Education England as workforce lead for Nursing and Midwifery development across the Northeast and Yorkshire. She has also been a practice tutor supporting Trainee Nursing Associates on Open University programmes. She currently works at NHS England as a senior nurse in the Northeast and Cumbria Nursing and Quality team. In her spare time, she is a mentor for the Social Mobility Foundation and is passionate about health inequalities, social mobility and education and development of the nursing workforce.