title: Is the nursing associate role an innovation or a step backwards?
abstract: A new support role is designed to open up the profession, but some say it will undermine nurses and assistant practitioners. Petra Kendall-Raynor reports.
authors.forename: Petra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kendall-Raynor
mesh_terms: D002321:Career Choice; D004506:Education, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D009726:Nurses / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D009728:Nursing Assistants / Q000639:trends*; D006113:United Kingdom