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The Student Nurse Toolkit: An Essential Guide for Surviving Your Course

ISBN: 978-1-118-39378-9

September 2013

Wiley-Blackwell

334 pages

Description

Your very own companion to any pre-registration nursing course!

Packed with advice, hints and tips, this essential, practical guide will orientate and guide you through your nursing course even before you start.  Written in a straightforward, no-nonsense style, this Toolkit is full of strategies and help for surviving and succeeding on your pre-registration nursing course, and addresses all the key issues and concerns you may face, including:

  • How to get the most out of your clinical placement
  • The nursing terminology you need to know – including NMC standards
  • How to create a professional Portfolio
  • How to achieve a healthy work-life balance
  • How to develop an effective relationship with your mentor

With case studies from real students, hands-on activities and suggestions for further reading, this is THE essential survival guide for your nursing course!

About the Author
Ian Peate is Visiting Professor at the University of West London and Editor-in-Chief of British Journal of Nursing.
Features
  • An essential ‘how-to’ of the practicalities of the nursing course
  • A very practical guide to the everyday issues that face nursing students on their course.
  • Highly interactive and student friendly, with activities, cartoons, and exercises throughout
  • Features the voice of the student throughout-  with tips and hints from real-life students