Students
Clinical placement in a research and development team: what a nursing student can expect
How a practice education facilitator can help you get the most out of your placement
What is supernumerary status and why does it need protecting?
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
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
How I’m learning to deal with death
Student Voice competition finalist Bethany Smith on overcoming anxiety to support a ‘good death’
Videos celebrate neurodiverse nurses
Nurses and nursing students with dyslexia and dyspraxia make a valuable contribution to care, says Kerry Pace.
Nursing studies
What are e-PADs and how can I get the most out of them on placement?
The pros and cons of electronic practice assessment documents, plus tips from fellow students
Reasonable adjustments: what do I need to know and how can I adapt my practice?
How to ensure nursing care is person-centred and equally accessible to every individual
Talking continence: what you can do to encourage patients to seek timely advice
Embarrassment can stop people discussing bladder or bowel issues – here’s how you can help
OSCEs: tell me what they involve and how I can prepare for them
Nursing lecturers share their advice on how to shine at these practical assessments
Wanted: future nurse leaders seeking programmes made for students
We look at the schemes that nurture and develop your leadership skills from day one
How to manage conflict professionally: tips for placements and teamworking
Friction and disagreement are inevitable, but you can use them to reflect and develop skills
Clinical placements
What is supernumerary status and why does it need protecting?
With placements disrupted by the pandemic, some view students’ special status as under threat
What to expect on an emergency department clinical placement
The ED is a dynamic setting where you can develop core skills as well as support emergency care
Advance rotas for students: improving work-life balance and the placement experience
How an allocated shift rostering approach can benefit students and placement areas
How to make the most of your first clinical placement
COVID-19 delayed Lenka Huntley’s experience until her second year – here’s how she coped
What to do when words fail
Communication problems are not uncommon when people with complex needs are admitted to hospital, and one nursing student is creating a toolkit that will include tips from specialists and signposting to additional support
Observing cardiac surgery made me appreciate theatre nurses’ role
Watching a surgeon replace a young patient’s heart valves helped children’s nursing student Ewout van Sabben appreciate the valuable role played by theatre nurses.
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.