Starting out: how to survive and thrive in your nursing degree
Life as a new nursing student can be tough. A final-year student shares her top tips
21 Aug 2019
Advice for first year student nurses
Welcome to nursing – our dynamic, diverse and hugely rewarding profession
You’ve chosen a career full of opportunity, and there’s a whole community to support you too
13 Aug 2019
Where would you turn for peer support as a nursing student?
Being part of your university’s nursing society is a chance to learn and support others
09 Aug 2019
The importance of delivering a good handover
Laura Slim finds handovers nerve-wracking but is learning to be more confident
03 Jul 2019
How I learned it’s okay to ask for support after a traumatic event
Counselling helped one student realise she shouldn't ‘just carry on’ despite her anxiety
11 Jun 2019
When your course schedule says ‘group work’ and you think ‘hard work’
Ways to cope with conflicting study styles and goals in collaborative learning as a nursing...
07 Jun 2019
Listening to my intuition helped prevent a patient's suicide...
I learned having the courage to act on your instincts is an important part of being a nurse
26 Apr 2019
Night shift survival guide: a nursing student shares her 9 top tips
Tried-and-tested tricks will help you not just cope, but make the most of working nights
11 Apr 2019
Foreign placements make me better at my job
Student Sophie Gill says greater cultural awareness helps her support patients in the UK
22 Mar 2019
What it was like to deal with a patient in cardiac arrest for the first time
Acting and learning under pressure was emotionally draining – but here’s why it was worth it
11 Mar 2019
The next generation needs encouragement, not derision
Critical comments such as ‘you're too posh to wash’ only dampen students’ enthusiasm
04 Mar 2019
‘We want to take the fear out of giving end of life care’
Two students have developed a training module to allay the concerns of first-years
06 Dec 2018