Students
Care innovations: how to spark ideas on placement and influence change in practice
How can I become more confident in delegating nursing tasks?
What is it like to give evidence in a Coroner’s Court?
Student voice
Is it time to make MMR vaccination compulsory?
Nurses need to counteract the anti-vaccination movement’s propaganda
Parents are the real professionals when it comes to their children
Good communication is vital in assessing paediatric early warning systems
Being a parent helps me in children’s nursing
Chris Steele on how his personal experiences are used to enhance his caregiving
How to hit the target when you apply for a job
Selling yourself in job applications is not as daunting as you may think
All nurse training should cover communication with children who have learning...
Bespoke training could benefit students and children with learning disabilities
Could overseas communication improve cultural differences in healthcare?
Hearing about nursing practice from students who have travelled abroad has left Chris Steele wanting to know more
Reflective writing
Emotional highs and lows in the emergency department: the student experience
Liverpool John Moores University children's nursing student Hayley Moran reflects on her placement in an emergency department
Dignity from the first breath: a student's experience
Queen's University Belfast children's nursing student Lynsey Wilgaus, a finalist from the NCYP Student Voice competition, reflects on watching nurses preserve a baby's dignity at first breath.
I can do this: a student's experience of life-limiting conditions
Salford University child health student Ryan Jones, a finalist from the NCYP Student Voice competition, tells us his experience of nursing a terminally ill child.
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?
A nursing student’s guide to speaking at conferences
Presenting can help you develop critical thinking skills as a nursing student, and here's how to prepare for public speaking
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
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
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
Navigating patient consent: tips for nursing students
Practical advice on the fundamentals of consent and determining capacity
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
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
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
Learning disability clinical placement: what experience will I gain?
Students in every field need to know how to support people with learning disabilities
Writing in a patient’s notes: tips for nursing students
How to ensure your record-keeping is legible, and what to do if you make a mistake
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
Give young people a say in nurse recruitment
Involving children and young people in the recruitment process can bring equal rewards for both patients and staff, says postgraduate children’s nursing student Sarah Ball, who was interviewed by a children’s panel for her first nursing post.