Program Overview

**Reasons to choose Kingston and St George’s**– Kingston is No.1 in London for Nursing and Midwifery (Guardian League Tables 2021).– You’ll develop a range of specialist and transferable skills (including medicines management) through clinical placements in a variety of settings.– Kingston University was chosen as one of the first pilot sites for this new Nursing Associate foundation course.**About this course**As a nursing associate, you’ll deliver hands-on care to patients. You’ll work alongside healthcare support workers (holding a care certificate) and fully qualified registered nurses, bridging the existing gap between the two roles.Through a combination of theoretical learning and practice placements you’ll develop a wide range of specialist and transferable clinical, care and interpersonal skills across all four fields of nursing. Practice placements will also give you the opportunity to gain a wide range of experiences through exposure to different health and care settings.Nursing associates will be a key part of the multi- disciplinary workforce that’s needed to respond to the future needs of the public and patients.