Worried about your placement? Will you fit in? Will you have the right skills? What do you need to learn for practice assessments? This book will help you with all these concerns. It will tell you what to expect from the placement, what you can learn, how to link theory and practice, and how to make the most of your learning opportunities. A logical, step-by-step approach to preparing for a medical placement Helps make the most of learning opportunities Explains how to develop medical competencies, mapping specific cancer and palliative care exercises and activities to the NMC competencies Narratives from other students describe what the placement will really be like Honest discussion of the challenges of a medical placement to help avoid problems Advice on possible approaches to situations that may arise Focus on the essential evidence base of cancer and palliative care nursing, linking theory to practice Series features: A unique guide to getting the most from clinical placements What to expect before a placement What you can expect to learn on placement How to consolidate your experience and learning Clear links and examples with NMC proficiencies Guidance on what to use as evidence for portfolios Short case studies to link theory with practice Key points reminder boxes Worried about your next placement? Will you 'fit in'? Will you have the right skills? What do you need to learn to meet practice assessments? This series will help you with all these concerns. It will tell you what to expect from each placement, what you can learn, how to link theory and practice, and how to make the most of your learning opportunities. This is the only series specifically for student nurses undertaking specific practice placements, and will give you all the information you need in a user-friendly format. Each book in the series covers a specific area of practice for a typical placement on a pre-registration nursing course. Each title provides: A unique guide to getting the most from clinical placements How to prepare for your placement What you can expect to learn during a placement Clear links to, and examples of, achieving NMC competencies Guidance on what to use as evidence for your portfolio Case studies that link theory with practice How to consolidate your experience and learn from the placement Tips, activities, further reading suggestions and useful websites. Titles in the Placement Learning series: Surgical nursing Medical nursing Cancer and palliative care nursing Mental health nursing Community care nursing Older people nursing
Nursing informatics: where caring and technology meet, 4th ed. Springer, New York. Benbow, W., Jordan, G., 2009. A handbook for student nurses: introducing key issues relevant for practice. Reflect Press, Exeter. Burton, R., Ormrod, G., ...
Titles in this series: Surgical nursing Medical nursing Cancer and palliative care nursing Mental health nursing Community care nursing Older people nursing Each book also covers: A unique guide to getting the most from clinical placements ...
What learning opportunities will there be to meet your competencies? How can you maximise your learning during this placement? This book will help you with all these concerns.
This practical guide helps student and practising nurses to understand the impact of their care when working with older people.
Worried about your Mental Health placement? Will you fit in? Will you have the right skills? What do you need to learn for practice assessments? This book will help you with all these concerns.
Available at: http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/204176/ 1/9789241510066_eng.pdf. WHO, 2016b. ... Placement Learning in Surgical Nursing- a Guide for Students in Practice. Baillière Tindall, Edinburgh. NHS England, 2015.
There are new colleagues to work with, and newly learned nursing theory to put into practice. This pocket guide is designed to make your placements much more enjoyable and less stressful.
Having a positive, open mind but also being realistic about what placement may bring can help regulate and manage anxiety and stress. It also takes courage to acknowledge that a student might feel fearful about starting placement.
... children and young people, pregnant and postnatal women, adults, people with physical health problems, mental health problems, people with physical disabilities, people with learning disabilities, older people, people with long-term ...
Evidence Informed Nursing with Older People is an essential text for nursing students and registered nurses working with older people who are seeking to make connections between theory, evidence and value based gerontological practice.