Development and delivery of the trainee nursing associate pilot curriculum.

Abstract

This article discusses the recently launched curriculum for nursing associates and the authors' involvement in the development of a medicine management module. This required recognition of the challenges in an ever-changing healthcare environment with, in this instance, limited guidance from the Nursing and Midwifery Council and associated professional organisations and with multiple stakeholders to satisfy. Curriculum development therefore required consideration of the concerns of service users and providers regarding the integration of this new, poorly understood role, its potential effect on skill mix and lack of knowledge regarding proposed regulation.