Main description:

This convenient Handbook will be invaluable to students starting out on a pre-registration nursing course. Covering a broad range of topics, from helping understand what tutors and mentors expect, how to plan work, and coping with stress, it will support undergraduates across all aspects of student life.

This book will help students to:

Write assignments
Cope with stress
Make the most of clinical placements
Reflect on practice
Understand nursing models, theories and philosophies
Understand medical terminology and nursing jargon
Deal with legal and ethical issues.

Contents:

Becoming and being a nurse. Nursing models. Academic work. Clinical placements. Basics of nursing. Tools of the trade. Cracking the code.. Safe and accurate administration of medicines. Reading and understanding research. Reflective practice and portfolios. Legal issues for students.. Final thoughts. Useful books. Appendices