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New Nursing Associate Resources!

Newly published Understanding nursing associate practice text books are now available for our members to boost your training and career.

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We hope you’ve had a chance to catch our new exhibition Shining a Light: A History of Nursing Support Workers. As we celebrate nursing support workers and associates, we are also growing our resources to support your training and careers. RCN members now have access to the complete Understanding nursing associate practice series of key textbooks.

Understanding nursing associate practice series:

  • Newly published with the latest information
  • Boost your studies, training and career as a nursing associate
  • Easy to read
  • Real world case studies and activities
  • Mapped to NMC standards
  • Online copies and paper books (free post available)

This new series covers everything from medicine management and health promotion to effective communication and academic skills.

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