Richly illustrated throughout, this comprehensive resource is designed to fully equip Trainee Nursing Associates for their future role as professional healthcare providers with chapters ranging from ‘how to learn’ and essay writing to communication skills, reflective practice, and the role of evidence-based clinical decision making. Basic anatomy and physiology, together with the care and treatment of common disorders, form the second part of the volume. The book includes a wide range of learning features and comes with a downloadable image bank to assist trainee nursing associates with their assignments. * Clear, no nonsense writing style helps make learning easy * Provides helpful advice on study skills and essay writing * Incorporates the 15 Standards of the _Care Certificate_ * _Learning objectives_ at the start of each chapter enable readers to monitor their progress * _Key Words_ feature encourage familiarisation with a new vocabulary * _‘Self Test’_ questions at the start of each chapter allow readers to establish their baseline knowledge * _Reflection and_ _Critical Awareness_ features_ _encourage critical thinking and recall of essential information * _Medicine Trolley _feature outlines common drugs, their usage, routes of administration and side effects * _Case Studies_ give practical context to core information * _Care in the Home Setting_, _At the GP Surgery_ and _Communities of Care_ boxes illustrate healthcare provision outside the hospital environment * Includes ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY and PATHOPHYSIOLOGY of important diseases and disorders * OSCEs help trainee nursing associates prepare for examinations * Helpful glossary provides definitions of new terms