Students
Pop-up hospital helps students make up for placements lost to COVID-19
Music and dementia: how playlists can promote person-centred care
From care assistant to registered nurse: taking the foundation course route
Nursing studies
Music and dementia: how playlists can promote person-centred care
Learn how to promote sensitive, tailored use of music in care settings
From care assistant to registered nurse: taking the foundation course route
Two students’ experiences of juggling a nursing course and placements with a care home role
Easing loneliness in lockdown: the nursing student initiative that’s just a call away
Making phone calls to isolated older people also help students develop communication skills
How teaching children about dementia helps you become a better communicator
Innovative resource helps nursing students improve children’s awareness of the condition
Clinical placements
Pop-up hospital helps students make up for placements lost to COVID-19
University offers practical experience with clinical scenarios role-played by student peers
Dementia at the end of life: why every nursing student needs to learn about it
An Admiral Nurse explains how she uses hospice placements to deepen nursing students’ understanding
‘This is me’ document helped me provide personalised end of life care
A student reflects on building a nurse-patient relationship with a hospice patient
The simple intervention that eases pet owners’ anxiety when they’re in hospital
My innovative ‘pet card’ helps patients plan who will look after their animals
Importance of preventing pressure ulcers was highlighted by training
A student on placement gained confidence after training to manage pressure ulcers in older patients
It is an honour to give someone the ‘right’ death
Caring for a dying patient and providing last offices helped nursing student Tristan Crombie realise the importance of ensuring dignity in death