Students

Advice and development

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Use our tips to establish support, build your confidence and ensure you are heard

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Student wellbeing

Why common stress tips may not be helpful, and strategies to help you look after yourself<

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Online event is your chance to meet employers, join seminars, and even get a job interview

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How to build your experience and confidence, plus tips on raising difficult questions

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It’s an issue fundamental to nursing care, but do you know what’s expected of you?

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Isolated student

The anxiety and isolation caused by the crisis may be particularly acute for thi

Advice and development

Reflective practice

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Supporting students to challenge their own beliefs about mental ill health

Reflective practice

Nursing studies

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Breaking bad news: a nurse comforts a patient’s relative after breaking bad news about their care

Advice from experienced and newly registered nurses on dealing with difficult conversation

Nursing studies
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Pressure ulcer screening: nurses check the status of skin on the patient’s heel using a mirror

What you can do to help prevent tissue damage, and to care for patients if ulcers develop<

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Compassionate dementia care: a smiling nurse places her hand on the shoulder of an older person, who is sitting in a wheelchair

Advice on how to communicate clearly, identify triggers and create a calm environment

Nursing studies
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Time management skills for nursing students: illustration of a nursing student and a lecturer, surrounded by giant images of a clock, a coursework folder, a calendar and an hourglass timer

Five strategies for better time management, including self-care and ‘wiggle room’

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Learning leadership as a nursing student: chess pawn signifying a student casts shadow that is a more powerful piece, showing students can start being leaders

Advice from our panel of nursing students, newly registered nurses and nursing lecturers

Nursing studies
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Community nursing as a newly registered nurse: a young nurse waves to a community nursing colleague as she drives away in a car

Dedicated career pathway programmes help students to explore their options

Nursing studies

Clinical placement

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Record keeping in nursing: a nursing student leans on a table writing in a patient’s notes as the patient lies in a hospital ward bed behind her

Tips to help you overcome concerns and improve your record-keeping

Clinical placement
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When students and practice assessor clash, this important relationship can sour

Take our tips on building a good relationship and not allowing tensions to fester

Clinical placement
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Picture shows a nursing student in uniform sipping from their own refillable water bottle during a shift

Nerves or uncertainty may make you forget your fluids.

Clinical placement
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Illustration of self-rostering in nursing shows three staff working together with a calendar to plan their rota

A predictable schedule enables you to commit to paid work and keep your home life on track

Clinical placement
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Placement abroad

Your guide to complying with NMC and visa rules, while embracing a new system and culture<

Clinical placement
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A nursing student stands with a ward nurse as they consult notes together

Find out how to achieve your learning goals while maintaining a work-life balance

Clinical placement

Newly qualified nurses

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Picture shows a scene from the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. A nurse is producing podcasts that aim to dispel myths about mental illness, remove stigma and give patients a voice.

Podcasts aim to dispel myths about mental illness, remove stigma and give patients a voice

Newly qualified nurses
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 Nursing is fast-paced in the emergency department

A dual-registration newly qualified nurse reflects on what she has lear

Newly qualified nurses

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