Practice learning

Approved education institutions together with practice learning partners must:

3.1provide practice learning opportunities that allow students to develop and meet the Standards of proficiency for nursing associates to deliver safe and effective care to a diverse range of people across the lifespan and in a variety of settings

3.2ensure that students experience the variety of practice expected of nursing associates to meet the holistic needs of people of all ages

3.3take account of students' individual needs and personal circumstances when allocating their practice learning including making reasonable adjustments for students with disabilities, and

3.4ensure that nursing associate students have protected learning time in line with one of the following two options:

3.4.1Option A: nursing associate students are supernumerary when they are learning in practice

3.4.2Option B: nursing associate students, via work-placed learning routes:

3.4.2.1are released for a minimum of 20 per cent of the programme for academic study

3.4.2.2are released for a minimum of 20 per cent of the programme time, which is assured protected learning time in external practice placements, enabling them to develop the breadth of experience required for a generic role, and

3.4.2.3for the remainder of the required programme hours, protected learning time must be assured.