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

Nursing students need to be able to maintain accurate, clear and timely patient notes to e

15 Jan 2025
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When students and practice assessor clash, this important relationship can sour

Conflict between nursing students and their practice assessor can arise through time press

14 Aug 2024
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Picture shows a nursing student in uniform sipping from their own refillable water bottle during a shift

As a nursing student on placement, nerves or uncertainty about break times or water bottle

24 Jul 2024
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Placement abroad

Nursing students’ overseas placements can be transformative, but need careful planning to

16 Apr 2024
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Image of a male and a female nurse in uniform walking forwards with their arms outstretched backwards and palms upward indicating refusal

If and when refusal to treat may be acceptable for nursing students on clinical placement

14 Feb 2024
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The RCN Nursing Student 2023 award winner explains how she co-produced a resource to help

06 Dec 2023
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Non-clinical ‘civic engagement’ placements at a charity or grassroots organisation help st

15 Nov 2023
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Nursing students in every field need to know how to support and provide appropriate care f

26 Jul 2023
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Legible notes are required for professional record-keeping.

31 May 2023
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A diabetes prevention event led by students identified at-risk patients and sparked a nati

27 Oct 2022
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Incivility from staff or feeling unwelcome won’t make for an effective learning experience

30 Sep 2022
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This setting offers students the chance to develop core skills in a nurse-led environment

12 Aug 2022

Students learn core skills in a nurse-led environment, as well as how to build strong relat

14 Jul 2022

What to do if you feel unsupported, face undermining comments or risk not qualifying due to

08 Jul 2022

Students on placement are not counted as part of the workforce, but with access to this cli

27 May 2022

As a nursing student, a prison placement may seem daunting, but you’ll learn a range of NMC

04 May 2022

A second-year student explains what she learned from the death of a patient during a placem

11 Jun 2021

How a frailty service refined its programme and the benefits for students and supervisors

22 Apr 2021

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