The nursing associate's handbook of clinical skills
(Book)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Nursing Associates provide safe and effective holistic patient centred care that is underpinned by the 6Cs of caring (DH, 2012). Communication, one of the 6Cs, is a complex yet critical element in all areas of nursing activity. The nursing process, the assessment, diagnosing, planning, implementation and evaluation of care, is only achieved through careful attention to interpersonal relationships, the environment and the specific skills of verbal and non-verbal communication. Nursing Associates are required to communicate with a wide variety of patients across the lifespan including babies, children and young people, carers and families, adults and older people. The Nursing Associate is expected to provide prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and end of life care whilst working in a broad range of settings including at home, close to home and in hospital. The Nursing Associate does not work in isolation and so requires excellent communication skills to work effectively with not just patients, carers but also health and social care colleagues within the multi-disciplinary team. Many of the people the Nursing Associate communicates with will have communication challenges requiring the Nursing Associate to make reasonable adjustments and adapt their style of communication"--,Provided by publisher.