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Library of Congress Cataloging‐in‐Publication Data Names: Peate, Ian, editor. Title: The nursing associate’s handbook of clinical skills / edited by Ian Peate. Description: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley‐Blackwell, 2021. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2020028481 (print) | LCCN 2020028482 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119642305 (paperback) | ISBN 9781119642329 (adobe pdf) | ISBN 9781119642350 (epub) Subjects: MESH: Nursing Assistants | Nursing Care–methods | Nursing Process | Nurse’s Role | Nurse‐Patient Relations | United Kingdom Classification: LCC RT84 (print) | LCC RT84 (ebook) | NLM WY 193 | DDC 610.7306/98–dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020028481 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020028482
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Dedication
This text is dedicated to the early trainee nursing associates who dared to take the plunge and became the trailblazers, becoming practitioners in their own right.
Contributors
Janine Archer PhD, MRes, PgCAP, BSc (Hons), DPSN (MH), RNT, FHEA Head of Apprenticeships for the School of Health & Society, University of Salford, Greater Manchester
Janine Archer is Head of Apprenticeships for the School of Health & Society at the University of Salford, Greater Manchester. Janine, a Registered Mental Health Nurse, joined the University of Salford in November 2016 as Programme Lead for the Nursing Associate programme. Janine has worked in Higher Education since 2004, having previously been Programme Lead for the Improving Access to Psychological therapies (IAPT) low‐intensity programme at the University of Manchester.
Having previously worked for the National Institute for Mental Health England (NIMHE‐NW) as Project Lead of a Collaborative to embed Graduate Mental Health Workers (Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners) within Primary Healthcare services, Janine has a passion for supporting new ways of working within mental health.
Janine was awarded a prestigious Department of Health Researcher Development Award, enabling doctorate‐level studies, and her PhD examined ‘Collaborative Care for Depression in Primary Care’.
Janine has been engaged in a wide range of research and has led a Cochrane systematic review into Collaborative Care for common mental health problems (CMHPs). Awarded a prestigious Florence Nightingale Travel Award, Janine developed links with experts in Australia; this work cumulated into educational outputs and research exploring the management of long‐term conditions and CMHPs.
Stuart Baker RGN, BSc (Hons), MSc, TCH, PGCE, FHEA Senior Lecture in Nursing (Adult), University of South Wales
Stuart is a Senior Lecture in Nursing (Adult) at the University of South Wales. He is part of the team responsible for the CertHE Health Care Nursing Support Worker course, and also works closely with the independent sector. Stuart began his nursing career in 1987 at Peterborough and Stamford School of Nurse Education. After several years as a staff nurse in acute surgery, he moved to Surrey as a deputy charge nurse. From here, he moved to Wales to complete a computer studies degree at the University of Glamorgan before returning to nursing in an educational role. Stuart also delivered training in nursing homes for almost 10 years before taking up a position as a senior lecturer at the University of South Wales in 2015.
Nicole Blythe RGN BSc (Hons) Cert Nurse (Germany) Clinical Educator. University of Salford
Nicole began her nursing career in 1989 in Erlenbach am Main, Germany. She undertook 3 years’ student nurse training at the ‘Krankenpflegeschule St. Hildegard’ before becoming a staff nurse and then Deputy Ward Manager on a neurology/neurosurgical unit in a large district general hospital in Aschaffenburg, Germany. Nicole moved to England in 1997, working mainly in the Greater Manchester area as a staff nurse and Sister in Haematology, Acute Stroke Services, Cardiology and Cardiac Catheterisation. She completed her BSc (Hons) from the University of Manchester in 2010. Her areas of interest are staff and student education, pressure ulcer prevention and tissue viability. In 2017, Nicole started her full‐time educational career as a Clinical Educator for the nursing associate pilot programme. She joined the University of Salford in 2018, where she continues to work as a Clinical Educator on the Nursing Associate Degree Apprenticeship.
Angelina L. Chadwick RGN RMN DipN BSc (Hons) PGCE MSc SFEA Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing, School of Health and Society, The University of Salford
Angelina began her career in 1986, starting with 3 years of general nurse training followed by a staff nurse position in the area of surgery at Bury General Hospital. She later retrained for a further 2 years to become a mental health nurse and continued to progress in a variety of clinical and management roles. These were held in acute inpatient, older people and community practitioner roles within the field of mental health nursing. Later, she moved into education as a training manager with National Health Service (NHS)
