
Students

Pressure ulcers: your overview of how these wounds present and who is most at risk
Dementia care: tips for students on managing distress and triggers
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
Pressure ulcers: your overview of how these wounds present and who is most at risk
What you can do to help prevent tissue damage, and to care for patients if ulcers develop
Dementia care: tips for students on managing distress and triggers
Advice on how to communicate clearly, identify triggers and create a calm environment
How to develop your time management skills: tips for nursing students
Five strategies for better time management, including self-care and ‘wiggle room’
How can I develop my leadership skills and personal leadership style?
Advice from our panel of nursing students, newly registered nurses and nursing lecturers
Interested in community nursing? How to start as a newly registered nurse
Dedicated career pathway programmes help students to explore their options
Is it ever okay to lie to protect a patient? Advice for nursing students
Our panel on whether dishonesty is ever acceptable in patient communication
Clinical placement
Patient notes: record-keeping dos and don’ts for students
Tips to help you overcome concerns and improve your record-keeping
I don’t get on with my practice assessor – what can I do?
Take our tips on building a good relationship and not allowing tensions to fester
Dehydrated? How to ensure you drink enough fluids on placement
Nerves or uncertainty may make you forget your fluids. Here’s how to prioritise hydration
Self-rostering on clinical placement: can I have a say on when I’m on shift?
A predictable schedule enables you to commit to paid work and keep your home life on track
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
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.