Students
Simulated clinical placements: how to learn from mistakes in a risk-free environment
Safeguarding demystified: a beginner’s guide
Volunteer vaccinators: a nursing role that’s about much more than just a jab in the arm
Advice and development
Safeguarding demystified: a beginner’s guide
It’s an issue fundamental to nursing care, but do you know what’s expected of you?
Ten tips to help nursing students make the most of placements
Clinical placements are a valuable part of nursing students' training so take advantage of all the opportunities
Scholarship nurse the judge called a firecracker
Nursing student Sabrina Ffrench won a community nursing award from the Cavell Nurses’ Trust in June. She talks to Lynne Pearce about the award and why students should make the most of their opportunities.
My motivations and first destination into a community staff nurse post
Following a 12-week placement as a community nurse, Hattie Domagala explains why team support can really matter in lone working
Nursing studies
Simulated clinical placements: how to learn from mistakes in a risk-free environment
Virtual reality and high-tech simulation can build confidence to practise safely
Volunteer vaccinators: a nursing role that’s about much more than just a jab in the arm
Nursing students explain why vaccine hubs are proving to be rich learning environments
Clinical placements: online options for learning during COVID-19 and beyond
How an e-placement model can keep nurse education on track with virtual caseloads
COVID-19: how a neighbourhood volunteer scheme is teaching me about leadership
One nursing student is coordinating a network of support for vulnerable community members
Refugee camp made me thankful for NHS
A nursing student describes volunteering at a refugee camp and reflects on what she learned
Clinical placements
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
Prison nursing: why its complexity makes it a rich learning environment for students
Clinical placements in criminal justice settings offer a wide spectrum of nursing experience
From vaccinations to STIs and COPD: the placement for one-to-one patient care
General practice demands a range of clinical skills and, crucially, a person-centred approach
Virtual clinical placement: when practice-based learning goes online
COVID-19 may be halting clinical placements, but practice education can carry on
Patient confidentiality: how a complicated case created an ethical and legal dilemma
A service user’s chlamydia diagnosis taught me lessons about disclosure and breach of trust
The compassionate care given in abortion clinics is what nursing is all about
Marie Stopes UK says placements can help nursing students understand non-judgemental care
Newly qualified nurses
It’s just not true that your first job must be in an acute hospital – and here’s why
QNI's Crystal Oldman on why the community is the perfect place to start your nursing career
Community nursing is a complex and varied, but often underestimated, career option
Caring for homeless people requires a complex set of skills that can enable nurses to reach out to those who are often excluded from the healthcare system, says Jane Morton.