Nursing
Subtitle: study and placement learning skills
By: edited by Sue Hart
Series: Prepare for practice; Prepare for practice
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780199563128
Description: "The journey to becoming a registered health professional requires student nurses to take on a challenging combination of academic and placement based learning. Nursing Study and Placement Skills has been developed specifically to provide students with a single text covering advice and skills for all aspects of the pre-registration nursing course from academic study and clinical placement, to professional and personal success.     Nursing Study and Placement Skills follows the student journey from day one, providing first year students with reliable, easy-to-read, practical advice to help them find their feet. Throughout the book clear links are made between 'study' and 'placement' skills, demonstrating how these two aspects of the curriculum are interrelated. In addition to insights from mentors and lecturers, the book uniquely offers advice from real nursing students, allowing readers the benefit of their experience.     With this single, student-friendly volume the authors have provided a one-stop-shop of invaluable advice to help student nurses to succeed in all areas of the pre-registration course and develop their nursing practice.       Online Resource Centre  The Online Resource Centre to accompany Nursing study and placement skills   features:     For students:   DT Links to key sources of further information and guidelines, helping students to save time.  DT An interactive glossary to help students learn important nursing terms. DT Study tips and practical checklists to download for placement.  DT Updates on the review of pre-registration nursing education.  For lecturers:  DT Figures from the book to use in teaching"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Part One: GETTING ON! 1. So you want to be a nurse 2. Welcome to the course 3. Settling in 4. Getting organized and managing time Part Two: GETTING THROUGH! 5. Learning in a University 6. Study skills guide to successful assessments 7. Student nurse placements: the big picture 8. Preparing you for clinical practice 9. How you will learn in practice 10. First steps into practice as a student nurse 11. More about the four fields of nursing 12. Reflective practice 13. Assessment of clinical practice 14. The profession of nursing 15. Developing your professional nursing skills Part Three: THRIVING AND SURVIVING 16. Challenges you may face 17. Moving on.