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A shared workload can be a safe and sensible solution

23 March 2010

Nursing Standard

Letter

Karen Elcock is concerned that caring is no longer the nurse’s domain (letters March 3). But is it the best use of a nurse’s time or skills to be performing tasks...

Standardised training is key for healthcare assistants

09 March 2010

Nursing Standard

Letter

Jayne Thomas says healthcare assistant (HCA) training has always been on the job and should remain so (letters February 17). But a recent study and Nursing Standard...

Let us move away from the ‘them and us’ divide with HCAs

30 November 2010

Nursing Standard

Letter

Further to Dominic Holbourne’s letter, ‘I want the RCN to be run by qualified, registered nurses’ (November 17), healthcare assistants (HCAs) and assistant...

Staff should be trained in appropriate task delegation

10 August 2011

Nursing Standard

Letter

Giles Wynne (letters July 20) says it is nurses’ responsibility to ensure that healthcare assistants (HCAs) only undertake duties for which they have received proper...

Humanity and dignity for all

22 August 2012

Nursing Standard

Careers

While the RCN principles of nursing practice appear to be directed solely at nurses, they are in fact concerned primarily with nursing and secondarily with nurses....

Regulation moves a step closer

21 August 2013

Nursing Standard

Support in practice

In her independent review of healthcare assistants (HCAs) and support workers, Times journalist Camilla Cavendish examined the issues of recruitment, training,...

Influenza vaccinations by healthcare assistants

01 October 2009

Primary Health Care

General

This article explores the background behind the development of healthcare assistants giving influenza vaccinations, including swine flu, and provides guidance for...

Accountability and responsibility: Principle of Nursing Practice B

23 March 2011

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This is the third article in a nine-part series describing the Principles of Nursing Practice developed by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in collaboration with...

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