Handbook for Trainee Nursing Associates

Neil Davison worked in trauma and orthopaedics after the completion of his state registration and orthopaedic nursing qualifications in the 1970s and early 1980s. He lectured at Bangor University for two decades and has extensive experience of teaching drug calculations and numeracy to both pre- and post-registration students. He was made a Teaching Fellow at the university in 1999 and retired in 2012. Since then, Neil has continued to teach on healthcare courses in the further education sector and in the hospitals of North Wales.David is a Lecturer in health and social care at Bangor University, and is programme leader for its BA Health and Social Care, where he teaches issues and subjects relating to the social determinants of health and health policy, as well as supervising undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations. His research interests and publications focus on critical and materialist understandings of the welfare state and social policy, with a particular emphasis on the impact of neoliberalism and capitalism for health and mental health. In addition, he has an interest in the development and evolution of Welsh health policy during the era of devolution.

• Preface; Acknowledgements; About the authors; Introduction: background and contextChapter 1: Study skillsNeil Davison1.1 Introduction1.2 Check your study skills1.3 Learning preferences1.4 Getting organised1.5 Finding and reading information1.6 Participating in specific learning and assessment activitiesChapter summary; Further reading; ReferencesChapter 2: Professional skillsLinda Bale2.1 Introduction2.2 The importance of communication in nursing2.3 Team working and leadership2.4 Leadership and managementChapter summary; Further reading; ReferencesChapter 3: Values and ethicsAnneyce Knight and Nevin Mehmet3.1 Introduction3.2 What are values and ethics?3.3 Why are values and ethics relevant to nursing and my role as a nursing associate?3.4 Virtue ethics in everyday healthcare3.5 The four principles in everyday healthcare3.6 AccountabilityChapter summary; Further reading; ReferencesChapter 4: Society and its impact upon healthDavid Matthews4.1 Introduction4.2 Social determinants of health4.3 Why society? Understanding your service users4.4 Biomedical model4.5 Social model4.4 Social class, money and wealth4.6 Gender: men, women and health4.7 Ethnicity and health inequalitiesChapter summary; Further reading; ReferencesChapter 5: Psychology and healthGraham Jones5.1 Introduction5.2 Psychology5.3 Psychology of health5.4 Philosophy of psychology5.5 Approaches to health management5.6 Holism5.7 What makes us what we are?5.8 Behaviour5.9 Locus of control5.10 ConclusionChapter summary; Further reading; ReferencesChapter 6: Public health and health promotionAnneyce Knight6.1 Introduction6.2 Why are public health and health promotion relevant to my role as a nursing associate?6.3 What is public health?6.4 History of public health6.5 The structure of English public health6.6 UK Health Security Agency6.7 World Health Organization and global public health6.8 The NHS Long Term Plan and national public health priorities6.9 What is health promotion?6.10 History of health promotion6.11 The importance of the Ottawa Charter6.12 Developing health literacy6.13 Understanding some of the challenges to changing health behaviourChapter summary; Further reading; ReferencesChapter 7: Research and evidence-based practiceNeil Davison and David Matthews7.1 Introduction7.2 The knowledge base of nursing practice7.4 Evidence-based practice7.5 Research7.6 The hierarchy of evidenceChapter summary; Further reading; ReferencesChapter 8: Mental healthDavid Matthews8.1 Introduction8.2 What do we mean by ‘mental health’?8.3 Stigma8.4 Labelling8.5 Mental health problems: biological, psychological and sociological causes8.6 Mental health across the life course8.7 Mental health conditions8.8 Intervention and supportChapter summary; Further reading; ReferencesChapter 9: Learning disabilityJosh Hodgson9.1 Introduction9.2 Learning disability – the broad picture9.3 Comorbidities9.4 Capacity9.5 Communication9.6 The role of behaviour9.7 Mental health9.8 Contemporary initiatives and drivers for change9.9 Building a resource toolkit9.10 The impact of Covid-19 on people with a learning disabilityChapter summary; Further reading; ReferencesIndex