Students
All nurse training should cover communication with children who have learning disabilities
Could overseas communication improve cultural differences in healthcare?
Race to the finishing line is on
Student voice
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...
Race to the finishing line is on
Third year nursing student, Chris Steele discusses his hopes and fears for final year
Nursing students and mental health issues: who takes care of us?
The pressures on nursing students can have tragic effects. A campaign is seeking to provide...
Missing: where have all the male nursing students gone?
Fewer men are applying to nursing courses and we need to do more to attract them into the...
Starting out: Butterflies on the first day
Newly qualified nurses can feel a sense of pride that they have joined the profession.
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...
Dignity from the first breath: a student's experience...
Queen's University Belfast children's nursing student Lynsey Wilgaus, a finalist from the...
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...
Advice and development
How I’m learning to deal with death
Student Voice competition finalist Bethany Smith on overcoming anxiety to support a ‘good...
Videos celebrate neurodiverse nurses
Nurses and nursing students with dyslexia and dyspraxia make a valuable contribution to care...
Clinical placements
What to do when words fail
Communication problems are not uncommon when people with complex needs are admitted to...
Observing cardiac surgery made me appreciate theatre nurses’ role
Watching a surgeon replace a young patient’s heart valves helped children’s nursing student...
Bringing a smile to help in the tough times
Caring for a young teenager reminded children's nursing student Harriet Pollard why taking...
Tailor your communication to your patient
Caring for a patient with a severe brain injury taught Lauren Stafford the importance of...
Delegation and its challenges
Esiri Ohwovoriole learned to share the load as her nursing responsibilities increased in...
Holding a patient's hand taught me an important lesson on placement...
Spending time providing a patient with simple reassurance can be as exciting as any other...
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...