Transition from Student Nurse to Registered Nurse is a book developed to help budding nurses navigate our complex healthcare system with greater ease. Graduating nurses are faced with many challenges—seemingly contradictory nursing practices, rotating shifts, confusing referral systems, and stressful nursing key performance indicators. The reader will have a good overview of the healthcare system. It also tells you how patients are placed in different disciplines and how different services are provided. More importantly, it discusses the core skills of a Registered Nurse, such as vital signs interpretation, management of commonly seen medical emergencies and conditions, wound management, and even dealing with non-medical issues. But that’s not all. Readers will have insights into the various professions that a Registered Nurse works with. Written in collaboration with Medical and Allied Health professionals, this book will definitely give you knowledge and perspectives that no other books can offer. Whether you are a nursing student, fresh nursing graduate, or a seasoned nurse, this is the book to have!
This book provides valuable guidance on what to expect, practical strategies for easing the transition and advice for supporting your ongoing personal and professional development.
Mapped to the 2018 NMC Standards, this book provides practical guidance, strategies and advice to ease the transition to becoming a registered nurse and ensure students are practice-ready on registration.
Covering a range of topics including accountability, professionalism, re-validation and fitness to practice, this text gives you a thorough overview of the responsibilities associated with being a fully qualified nurse.
This book is a must have for all tired nursing students making the move to a Registered Nurse, as simple as possible!
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Packed with key information, theory and advice, this book covers essential topics such as leadership and management, decision-making, professional development, assessment, law and ethics.
This book has been truly designed to help student nurses become registered staff and to prepare for practice. Online material - Interactive cases on common scenarios and problems that the Newly Qualified Nurse needs to manage .