Ricky Baker
Illustration of a stick man on some pens and paper. Dyspraxia is a developmental coordination disorder which affects the way you memorise, process and organise information. Picture: iStock
When you don’t fit the nursing student ‘ideal’: overcoming academic barriers

We need to re-evaluate how we support and assess students with a specific learning difficulty

 
10 Jul 2020
The Children and Young People Student Nurse Network on Twitter
COVID-19: what nursing students will need most as they join the emergency register

Reassurance and support from healthcare professionals, universities and our peers is vital

10 Apr 2020
Vector image shows overlapping silhouettes of mobile phone users. Ricky Baker describes how children’s nursing students benefit from sharing their knowledge in online chat groups.
A network for students to support each other
How children’s nursing students benefit from sharing their knowledge in online chat groups
20 Mar 2020

5 Most Read Articles

Advanced clinical practitioners: we are not doctors-by-another-name

The widely misunderstood role has a unique place working across the multidisciplinary team

Do you know your anticoagulant from your antiplatelet medications?

How antithrombotic drugs work – and why we shouldn’t call them blood thinners

Nurses sacked for accessing records of people killed in stabbing attacks

Trust has dismissed 11 staff members for inappropriately accessing medical records

Effects of a primary care placement on nursing students’ career choices

The impact of a four-week elective primary care placement on preregistration nursing students

Skin and soft tissue abscesses: assessment and management

Recognise approaches such as loop drainage and ultrasound-guided needle aspiration