Books written by Karen Elcock

Preceptorship for Newly Registered Nurses

Archives of Internal Medicine, 170 (8): 683–90. Willis, L and Daisley, J (1995) The Assertive Trainer: A Practical Handbook for Trainers and Running Assertiveness Courses. Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill. Wilson, J (1999) Applying Clinical Risk ...
Preceptorship for Newly Registered Nurses

While most people would agree that advocacy is central to nursing care it is difficult to obtain a clear definition of the term (Zomorodi and Foley, 2009). The nursing literature classifies advocacy in three main ways: • advocacy ...
How to Succeed on Nursing Placements

Doody, O., Tuohy, D. and Deasy, C. (2012) Final-year student nurses' perceptions of role transition. ... Gault, I., Shapcott, J., Luthi, A. and Reid, G. (2017) Communication in Nursing and Healthcare. London: SAGE.
Getting into Nursing

... 137 through UCAS Extra 133, 137 UCAS system 66–7 assessment 123 strategies 43–4 attendance 40–1 attributes see qualities/attributes auditory impairment 25 battleaxe stereotype 5 BBC Skillswise website 113 Beasley, C. 5 behaviour 18, ...
A Nurse's Survival Guide to Mentoring E-Book

The timing of Kelly's interview is perfect! Her mentor has had four weeks to monitor her progress and there are still four weeks left for Kelly to work on any areas requiring improvement. Here the interview is truly a 'midpoint ...
A Nurse's Survival Guide to Supervising & Assessing E-Book

PAD before the meeting and managed to talk with the practice supervisor who has been supporting Kelly. Daniel: 'It's great to have this time to review the placement with you because we had the initial interview in the first week, ...
Getting Into Nursing

This book helps potential nursing students succeed in getting into nursing. It gives practical help on the application process: filling out application forms; passing numeracy and literacy tests; and succeeding at interviews.
Essentials of Nursing Adults

Revise what you have learned by visiting https://study.sagepub.com/essentialadultnursing Test yourself with multiple-choice and short-answer ... Northway, R. and Jenkins, R. (2017) Safeguarding Adults in Nursing Practice (2nd ed.).
Getting into Nursing: A complete guide to applications, interviews and what it takes to be a nurse

Essentially a book on healthcare calculations, but there are chapters containing a good review of the basics. Gatford, J.D. and Phillips N.M. (2016) Nursing Calculations. ... Has lots of tests you can try, including ones online.
Essentials of Nursing Adults

This one-stop-shop will enable students to understand the core aspects of care, learn the essential nursing skills and knowledge that underpin practice, deal with the complexities of the role and apply their learning to common conditions ...