Worried about your placement? Will you fit in? Will you have the right skills? What do you need to learn for practice assessments?
This book will help you with all these concerns. It will tell you what to expect from the placement, what you can learn, how to link theory and practice, and how to make the most of your learning opportunities.
- A logical, step-by-step approach to preparing for a community placement
- Helps make the most of learning opportunities
- Narratives from other students describe what the placement will really be like
- Honest discussion of the challenges of a placement in the community to help avoid problems
- Advice on possible approaches to situations that may arise on a community placement
Series features:
- A unique guide to getting the most from clinical placements
- What to expect before a placement
- What you can expect to learn on placement
- How to consolidate your experience and learning
- Clear links and examples with NMC proficiencies
- Guidance on what to use as evidence for portfolios
- Short case studies to link theory with practice
- Key points reminder boxes
Worried about your next placement? Will you 'fit in'? Will you have the right skills? What do you need to learn to meet practice assessments?
This series will help you with all these concerns. It will tell you what to expect from each placement, what you can learn, how to link theory and practice, and how to make the most of your learning opportunities.
This is the only series specifically for student nurses undertaking specific practice placements, and will give you all the information you need in a user-friendly format. Each book in the series covers a specific area of practice for a typical placement on a pre-registration nursing course.
Titles in this series:
Surgical nursing
Medical nursing
Cancer and palliative care nursing
Mental health nursing
Community care nursing
Older people nursing
Each book also covers:
- A unique guide to getting the most from clinical placements
- What to expect before a placement
- What you can expect to learn on placement
- How to consolidate your experience and learning
- Clear links and examples with NMC proficiencies
- Guidance on what to use as evidence for portfolios
- Short case studies to link theory with practice
- Key points reminder boxes