Students
You’re about to start a clinical placement? Here are 7 things you need to know
Community placement: what does working with parish nurses involve?
How to secure your dream job in your favourite placement setting
Advice and development
How to challenge poor practice – 7 tips for nursing students
Use our tips to establish support, build your confidence and ensure you are heard
Watch: advice for students on supporting your health and well-being
Why common stress tips may not be helpful, and strategies to help you look after yourself
Free careers fair for nursing students and newly registered nurses: book now
Online event is your chance to meet employers, join seminars, and even get a job interview
Taking a patient history: a guide for nursing students
How to build your experience and confidence, plus tips on raising difficult questions
Safeguarding demystified: a beginner’s guide
It’s an issue fundamental to nursing care, but do you know what’s expected of you?
Please don’t call me ‘the student’
Nursing students have names – and an expectation to be part of the healthcare team too
Reflective practice
Mental health: challenging your own cultural taboos and unconscious bias
Supporting students to challenge their own beliefs about mental ill health
Nursing studies
Navigating patient consent: tips for nursing students
Practical advice on the fundamentals of consent and determining capacity
What is it like to give evidence in a Coroner’s Court?
Nursing students are using a mock court to gain experience they may require in their career
Could a dual adult and child nursing degree boost my career prospects?
Combining the two helps develop a broad skill set that will impress potential employers
Struggling to get your NMC proficiencies signed off? How a skills clinic can help
Outreach clinics give students the chance to practise clinical skills in a safe environment
How a student channelled her grief to offer comfort to dying patients
Amy Mann also used her experience to devise end of life care workshops for students
What is ChatGPT and can I use it to help with an assignment?
Students need to be AI-literate, but must use the technology with caution
Clinical placements
You’re about to start a clinical placement? Here are 7 things you need to know
Find out how to achieve your learning goals while maintaining a work-life balance
Community placement: what does working with parish nurses involve?
Parish nursing teams can offer scope to develop communication and health promotion skills
Can I refuse to care for a patient as a nursing student?
If and when refusal to treat may be acceptable on placement – and how to deal with issues
Intensive care: conquering fear and learning confidence for this highly complex setting
Simulation is a safe place to learn from mistakes and identify patient deterioration
Leading change as a nursing student: how to develop an innovation
Award winner explains how she co-produced a relevant, helpful resource with patients
Community project placement: what will I learn and how do I get one?
These non-clinical placements help develop students’ understanding of health inequalities
Self-care
A well-being app for your nursing course: ShinyMind for students
New version of the popular app will focus on the challenges of nursing studies
Newly qualified nurses
Nurse’s podcasts tell true story of life on mental health wards
Podcasts aim to dispel myths about mental illness, remove stigma and give patients a voice
Mental health and adult nursing, plus the pace of emergency care – this role has it all
A dual-registration newly qualified nurse reflects on what she has learned in her first year
Mental health nursing: ‘The accumulation of marginal gains’
Results in mental health care can be slow but the rewards are vast, especially for nurses with the right qualities, says Ian Hulatt.