Students
Your first patient death: how to cope and what it teaches you about end of life care
Nursing associates: how to turn challenges into learning opportunities
When clinical placements don’t meet students’ learning needs
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
Your first patient death: how to cope and what it teaches you about end of life care
A student explains what she learned from the death of a patient during a placement
When clinical placements don’t meet students’ learning needs
How a frailty service refined its programme and the benefits for students and supervisors
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