nursing associates
Nursing associates and assistant practitioners: let’s end the needless rivalry
These nurse support roles are similar but different, and deserve equal respect
27 Sep 2019
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Can nursing associates solve our staffing crisis?
Learning disability nurses have disappeared from the register at an alarming rate
17 Sep 2019
Are nursing associates a benefit to the learning disability sector?
HEE’s £2 million recruitment drive will include 150 places for the recently created role
16 Sep 2019
Trainee nursing associate performs life-saving CPR on driver
Royal Shrewsbury Hospital’s Jade Myatt stopped to help the man following a car crash
01 Aug 2019
An apprenticeship has helped restart my nursing career
Michelle Simpson had to give up her degree course but is now able to earn as she learns
26 Jul 2019
Your guide to all the routes into nursing
Our interactive graphic shows the path for nursing apprentices, associates and degree options
17 Jun 2019
Nursing associates: more than 1,000 now registered with NMC
Health Education England hails the ‘significant milestone’ that ‘strengthens patient care’
11 Jun 2019
Why the skills of assistant practitioners and nursing associates could bridge the gap
Assistant practitioners and nursing associates can help relieve pressure on busy nurses
07 May 2019
Assistant practitioners are being ‘overlooked and pushed to one side’
Some feel the introduction of nursing associates threatens their role
29 Mar 2019
Focus on nursing associates and you’ll miss the big picture
Knee-jerk reaction to nurse shortages is not a solution, says Dame Jill Macleod Clark
26 Mar 2019
How nursing associates aim to add value to older people's care
The nursing associate role presents a new career pathway for Claire Stott and Laura Simmons
05 Mar 2019
Workforce: Nursing associate role will thrive
The new position is coolly regarded by some, but workforce demands mean its success is likely
27 Feb 2019
Nursing associates: how employers can make the most of the new role
Workforce decisions need to be made about how nursing associates fit into the wider...
19 Feb 2019
Nursing associate numbers on target so far, despite concerns about low uptake
Government now faces challenge of achieving its ambitions for 2019 cohort
07 Feb 2019
As the first nursing associates get ready to register, we ask what their impact will be
The first cohort is about to join the rest of the nurse workforce in England
25 Jan 2019
New guidance focuses on how to safely deploy nursing associates
Resource published ahead of new staff joining register at end of January
17 Jan 2019
First wave of qualified nursing associates expected to fall far short of target number
Uptake of training programmes has been lower than ministers predicted
17 Jan 2019
Is it time to resist the idea support staff are part of the nurse shortage solution?
Nursing Standard readers have their say on the impact of diluting the skill mix
18 Dec 2018