Developing therapeutic relationships
There is no place for ageism in healthcare
A clinical placement working with older people opened nursing student Nina Mitchell’s eyes...
Never give up trying to form therapeutic relationships with patients
Caring for an older patient with Alzheimer’s disease taught Georgina Mercy the value of...
Obstetric emergency showed me the importance of supporting families
Dominic Simpson's placement in anaesthetics has amde him more aware of realtives'...
When laughter is the best medicine - and when it is not
Mandy Day-Calder looks at the benefits and pitfalls of using humour with patients and...
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...
Starting out - Standards set in our code were with me every day of my first placement
After spending 11 weeks on a stroke rehabilitation ward, I have now finished my first...
Starting out - Caring for a dying woman taught me how to be more empathetic
Before I was assigned a placement I recall the anticipation, wondering which specialism I...
Starting out - My self-disclosure helped a patient to open up about her depression
I was working at an inpatient psychiatric unit when a woman, who had not previously shown...
Giving a patient time to reach her goals showed me the way to mine
At a time when the NHS has become the key issue for political parties; the shared goal for...
Starting out - I learned that the patient should be central to therapeutic intervention
In my first year as a mental health nursing student, I was on placement in a residential...
Starting out - Baby’s death was challenging but affirmed my decision to be a nurse
This story is about a baby and his journey from a neonatal unit to the children’s ward, to...
Starting out - I learned that music is a great way to converse with dementia patients
In my second year of nurse training, I applied to become a dementia champion at the trust...