What different type of health and social care professionals have you worked with in the community care setting and what are their roles and responsibilities?
2. Discuss a situation when you had to communicate effectively with another professional about a patient in the community setting. Consider how you would need to adapt when using different communication methods (telephone, written, spoken, and electronic)?
3. What environmental factors may differ when working in a community setting (i.e. consider the impact of lone working/ the impact of care delivery in a person’s home, what are the barriers and challenges)?
Consider different support mechanisms in the community i.e. diabetic
centre, homeless team, physio, admiral nurse. Consider spending time
with the trust board for community provision
NMC standards of proficiency for nursing associates: Platform 4 Working in teams
