Why I now take the global view
Liz Charalambous overcame her intial scepticism about learning from nurses overseas and...
11 Nov 2015
Growing confidence
Student life - From student days to your first shift in charge
At the end of my mental health nursing course, I felt ready to start my first job as a...
11 Nov 2015
Student life - How to get the best from mentoring
Every nursing student needs a mentor – someone who can be a practical teacher, guide and...
28 Oct 2015
Starting out - Caring for a deteriorating patient underlined the importance of 6Cs
In my third year of nurse training I was on placement on an acute medical unit when I was...
14 Oct 2015
Perfect planning for general practice placements
A placement in general practice gives students valuable experience of multidisciplinary...
30 Sep 2015
Making the most of the student-mentor clinical partnership
Kathy Wilson explains what is expected of you and how to plan for a successful placement.
30 Sep 2015
‘It is great to work with such a top team’
Christian Jones joined Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust as a newly-...
30 Sep 2015
Starting out - Learning to trust my knowledge was a turning point in my training
In my second year of nurse training, I was working on a medical assessment ward when I met...
16 Sep 2015
Starting out - Nurses can learn so much and grow in confidence on an elective abroad
In my third year of nurse training, I undertook an elective placement in Arequipa, Peru,...
26 Aug 2015
Starting out - Finding courage to blow the whistle helped me develop my practice
During my second clinical placement in my first year of training I began to notice that...
12 Aug 2015
Starting out - Research helped me understand a patient’s needs and improve care
In my second year of nurse training, I met ‘Joe’, a patient who had been on a gastro-...
29 Jul 2015
Student life - Learning how to make the right decision fast
We all make judgements and decisions every day about what to wear, eat or do. The decisions...
29 Jul 2015