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HCA leading the way to change

28 May 2014

Nursing Standard

Support in practice

A hospital ward run by healthcare assistants? Some might be sceptical, but not patients at Headley Court Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre in Surrey who are...

The competence gap

28 May 2014

Nursing Standard

Support in practice

The RCN in Northern Ireland was funded by the Union Learning Fund to look at the learning needs of healthcare assistants in non-unionised environments such as...

Happy to be of assistance

28 May 2014

Nursing Standard

Support in practice

When Matthew Baxter joined Forrester Brown trauma unit at the Royal United Hospital in Bath as an intern student, his aim was to boost his employability. But when he...

Nurses should not feel threatened by HCA education

28 May 2014

Nursing Standard

Support in practice

Health Education England, private providers and NHS organisations are to devise new fast-track apprenticeship schemes to enable healthcare assistants to register as...

Help for assistant practitioner students

28 May 2014

Nursing Standard

Support in practice

The role of the band 4 assistant practitioner lies between the role of senior healthcare assistant and newly qualified staff nurse.

Courses & resources

28 May 2014

Nursing Standard

Support in practice

Courses, events, grants, and awards to progress your career

News update

28 May 2014

Nursing Standard

Support in practice

A roundup of the latest nursing news

‘AP degree gave me a confidence boost’

28 May 2014

Nursing Standard

Support in practice

I am an assistant practitioner and I work in a 20-bed inpatient unit at St John’s Hospice in Lancaster.

Measuring malnutrition

28 May 2014

Nursing Standard

Support in practice

A healthy diet optimises wound healing and recovery. Malnutrition describes any imbalance between a patient’s nutritional intake and requirements, and can affect...

Legal advice

28 May 2014

Nursing Standard

Support in practice

Liability for carelessness is given legal expression in the law relating to negligence. A patient harmed by the carelessness of a healthcare assistant can take...