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Safeguarding demystified: a beginner’s guide

It’s an issue fundamental to nursing care, but do you know what’s expected of you?

Nursing studies

Pressure ulcer screening: nurses check the status of skin on the patient’s heel using a mirror

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

Compassionate dementia care: a smiling nurse places her hand on the shoulder of an older person, who is sitting in a wheelchair

Dementia care: tips for students on managing distress and triggers

Advice on how to communicate clearly, identify triggers and create a calm environment

Time management skills for nursing students: illustration of a nursing student and a lecturer, surrounded by giant images of a clock, a coursework folder, a calendar and an hourglass timer

How to develop your time management skills: tips for nursing students 

Five strategies for better time management, including self-care and ‘wiggle room’

Learning leadership as a nursing student: chess pawn signifying a student casts shadow that is a more powerful piece, showing students can start being leaders

How can I develop my leadership skills and personal leadership style?

Advice from our panel of nursing students, newly registered nurses and nursing lecturers

Community nursing as a newly registered nurse: a young nurse waves to a community nursing colleague as she drives away in a car

Interested in community nursing? How to start as a newly registered nurse

Dedicated career pathway programmes help students to explore their options

Honest communication with patients: a nurse in scrubs stands with her back to the camera, holding one hand behind her back with her fingers crossed, suggesting not telling the truth

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

Record keeping in nursing: a nursing student leans on a table writing in a patient’s notes as the patient lies in a hospital ward bed behind her

Patient notes: record-keeping dos and don’ts for students

Tips to help you overcome concerns and improve your record-keeping

When students and practice assessor clash, this important relationship can sour

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

Picture shows a nursing student in uniform sipping from their own refillable water bottle during a shift

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

Placement abroad

I’d love to do a clinical placement overseas, but how do I go about it?

Your guide to complying with NMC and visa rules, while embracing a new system and culture

Image of a male and a female nurse in uniform walking forwards with their arms outstretched backwards and palms upward indicating refusal

Can I refuse to care for a patient as a nursing student?

If and when refusal to treat may be acceptable on placement – and how to deal with issues

Leading change as a nursing student: how to develop an innovation

Award winner explains how she co-produced a relevant, helpful resource with patients

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