The student nurse toolkit : an essential guide for surviving your course / Ian Peate.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peate, Ian.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nursing students.

Nursing--Study and teaching.

Nursing.

Vocational guidance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (505 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, England : Wiley-Blackwell, c2013.

Summary:

Your very own companion to any pre-registration nursing course! Packed with advice, hints and tips, this essential, practical guide will orientate and guide you through your nursing course even before you start. Written in a straightforward, no-nonsense style, this Toolkit is full of strategies and help for surviving and succeeding on your pre-registration nursing course, and addresses all the key issues and concerns you may face, including: How to get the most out of your clinical placement The nursing terminology you need to know - including NMC standards How to create a professional Portfolio How to achieve a healthy work-life balance How to develop an effective relationship with your mentor With case studies from real students, hands-on activities and suggestions for further reading, this is THE essential survival guide for your nursing course!.

Contents:

Intro

The Student Nurse Toolkit

Contents

Preface

CHAPTER 1 Entry to Nursing

Your university of choice

Funding

Meeting requirements

The application form

Selection day

The interview

Starting nurse education

Summary

Resources

CHAPTER 2 The Nursing and Midwifery Council and Other Regulatory Bodies

Health profession regulation

The Health and Care Professions Council

The General Medical Council

The role and function of the Nursing and Midwifery Council

Education and conduct

Managing concerns and allegations

The Code

Professional conduct: student nurses

Good health, good character and fitness to practise

References

CHAPTER 3 Nursing Education: the Standards for Pre-registration Nurse Education

A brief history of nurse education

Standards for pre-registration nurse education

The need for new standards for pre-registration nursing education

The new standards and service provision

The standards for education

Standards for competence

NMC quality assurance

Standards for education

CHAPTER 4 Nursing, Health and Social Care

Healthcare

Social care

Partnership working

Health and social care reform

The vulnerable person

Speaking out

CHAPTER 5 Assessment Tools

The phases of the nursing process

Assessment tools

The Waterlow pressure ulcer assessment tool

Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool

Modified Early Warning Score

Glasgow Coma Scale

CHAPTER 6 The Essential Skills Clusters

The NHS Constitution

The essential skills clusters

Care, compassion and communication

Types of communication

Maintaining confidentiality

Disclosure

Organisational aspects of care.

Infection prevention and control

Nutrition and fluid management

Medicines management

Numerical assessment

CHAPTER 7 The University Setting

The university structure

The senior management team

The academic staff

Professional administrative staff

Other support staff

Student support services

The personal tutor

Student representative bodies

The National Union of Students

UNISON

Royal College of Nursing

The anatomy of a programme of study

The academic year

Modular credits

Teaching, learning and assessment

CHAPTER 8 Practice Learning Opportunities

The practice setting

Practice learning opportunities

Teaching and learning

Assessment

Getting the most out of clinical learning opportunities: roles and responsibilities

Supernumerary practice

Simulation centre

CHAPTER 9 The Nursing Elective

The purpose of the nursing elective

Preparing for the nursing elective

Finding and funding an elective

Funding opportunities

Making contact

Risk assessment

Getting the most out of your elective placement

CHAPTER 10 Managing Self

Values and beliefs

Self-awareness

The Johari window

Managing self and personal skills

Listening skills

Communication (including verbal and nonverbal communication)

Assertiveness

Decision making

Problem solving

Stress management

CHAPTER 11 Terminology: Terms Used in Healthcare

The nursing handover

Intentional rounding

Types of handover

The ward handover

Talking the talk: the language

Abbreviations and acronyms

Anatomical landmarks

Prefixes and suffixes

Mnemonics.

Summary

CHAPTER 12 Evidence-Based Practice

Evidence-based practice

Defining evidence-based practice

Evidence-based practice and research

The evidence base cycle

The evidence base

Hierarchies of evidence

Accessing the evidence

Inclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria

Barriers to implementing evidence-based practice

CHAPTER 13 Reflective Practice

Defining reflection

Reflection: what it is and what it is not

Reflective models

Models and frameworks

The five Rs of reflection

The value of reflection

Practical issues

Reflective writing

Gather your ideas

CHAPTER 14 Your Professional Portfolio

Confidentiality

The professional portfolio

The need for a professional portfolio

Personal development planning

The structure and content of a professional portfolio

Table of contents

Introduction

Curriculum vitae and work history

Personal/educational development certificates

In-house training courses (work-based)

Self-analysis/feedback

Assessments from other

Verification of learning

Ongoing action plans, personal development plans

Structured

Representative

Selective

Portfolio format

Paper portfolio

E-portfolios

CHAPTER 15 Records and Record Keeping

Documentation

Definitions

Reasons for documentation

To facilitate communication

To promote good nursing care

To meet professional and legal standards

The principles of good record keeping

Document fact not fiction

Document all relevant information

Document contemporaneously

Preserve the integrity of the document

Litigation

The use of abbreviations, acronyms and symbols

Maintaining the safety of records.

Confidentiality and disclosure

Access

Security and information systems

Safe disposal of records

CHAPTER 16 Protocols, Policies and Legal Matters

Protocols and policies

Protocols

Policies

Duty of care

Student nurses and the duty of care

Negligence

Breach of duty

Causation

Burden of proof

Avoiding allegations of negligence

Examples of clinical negligence

Liability

Consent

Emergency situations

Obtaining consent

Who obtains consent?

Types of consent

If a person refuses consent

Those under 16 years

Mental capacity

Mental health acts

CHAPTER 17 Clinical Academic Careers

Transferrable skills

Modern nursing careers

Clinical academic careers

The benefits of clinical academic roles

Clinical academic role descriptors

CHAPTER 18 Preceptorship and Continuing Professional Development

Transitions and expectations

Preceptorship

What is preceptorship?

Preceptorship framework

Implementing preceptorship

Continuing professional development

Post-registration education and practice

CHAPTER 19 What Do I Do If . . .? Questions You Did Not Want To Ask Out Loud

Entry to nursing

I have a criminal conviction and I am not sure if they will even invite me to interview: should I declare it?

Criminal Records Bureau check

Data protection

Nurse education: the standards for pre-registration nurse education

I have dyslexia

The NMC and other regulatory bodies

When I qualify what do I have to do to register with the NMC?

The university

What if I fail an assignment?

Retakes (reassessment)

Practice learning opportunities.

I have never seen a dead body and I am anxious about it

I am being bullied at university

I have never seen a cardiac arrest and I am just finishing my third year

Managing self

I think I am stressed

Coping with stress

The portfolio

I am applying for my first staff nurse post

Policies, procedures and legal matters

I have been asked to write a statement on the ward where I work

Preparing to write a statement

Statement format

Preceptorship and continuing professional development

I am due to start my new job in a few weeks time and I am really nervous about the first day

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed July 4, 2013).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-118-39389-9

1-118-39392-9

1-118-39391-0

OCLC:

851972402