Clinical Placements: A Pocket Guide for Student Nurses
£9.50
This unique pocket guide provides a wealth of practical detail, tips and advice to help the student nurse get to grips with, and make the most of, their placement. The pocket-sized format means the book is extremely portable (it really will fit in a pocket!) and the ring binding allows it to be opened flat (useful when adding notes, for example).
The information is presented in digestible chunks (lists, tables, bullets, even cartoons) so the reader can find the essential information really quickly without wading through pages of text there is even space to add notes specific to the particular placement.
Written by recent nursing graduates based on their own experiences, reviewed by students and checked by a clinical supervisor this guidance has been produced specifically with student nurses in mind.
What lecturers are saying about Clinical Placements:
“A practical book that provides students with a range of essential information, tips and advice about what to expect on clinical placement which should help them to make the most out of their placement. Information is easy to access, making it easy for students to quickly navigate information. The small spiral bound format makes it accessible and ideal for students to keep in their uniform pocket.”
“This book is just what is needed, relevant information that will help students make the most out of their placement and reduce the anxiety!”
“I have had a look through the Pocket Guide Clinical Placements book and think that it is an excellent little book that will support students in preparing for their first placement and future placements until they gain confidence. There is just the right mix of appropriate illustrations and text and I particularly like the areas for notes that can be added if needed.”
“I found this an excellent little resource for students as well as a reminder for staff.”
Contents
Getting there
1. Preparing for placement
2. Uniform
3. Absence policy
4. The NMC Code of Conduct
5. Person-centred care
6. Consent and confidentiality
7. Guidance on using social media
Settling there
8. Induction/first day
9. Working with those supervising and assessing your practice
10. Common documentation
11. Communicating with your colleagues
12. Communicating with patients
Being there
13. Personal safety
13.1 Hand hygiene
13.2 Infection control and sharps policy
13.3 Moving and handling
14. Fundamental skills
14.1 Assessment using activities of living
14.2 Drug administration
14.3 Drug calculations
14.4 Observations National Early Warning Score (NEWS)
14.5 Skin assessment
14.6 Urinalysis
15. Basic Life Support (BLS)
16. Common medical emergencies
16.1 Anaphylactic reaction
16.2 Falls
16.3 Sepsis
16.4 Stroke
17. Common groups of medications
18. Pain assessment pain tools
Moving on from there
19. Reflection and action planning
20. FAQ
21. Common terminology
22. Quick references
23. Further reading
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Additional information
| Publisher | Lantern Publishing Ltd (12 Sept. 2017) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Spiral-bound | 92 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1908625457 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1908625458 |
| Dimensions | 10.5 x 0.6 x 14.8 cm |
by Rachel
Full of everything you need to know as a student nurse on placement. Written by students for students. Helpful little references to help with abbrieviations and common medications. A must for any student about to head on placement.
by makeda blake
Very useful
by Amazon Customer
This little pocket book is great and ideal for placement. Only gets 3 stars as it’s rather pricey for what it is!
by mrs
A very useful, well-written and practical pocket book for any level of student nurse preparing for clinical placement. This book is also a great resource for lecturers and mentors to have to help students get the most out of their placement time.
by JR
As a nurse lecturer I have read this book and would recommend it to students at the beginning of their course as a useful guide to ease any worries about clinical placements. It has lots of useful information in and it a good size and easy to read. It would be a useful gift from family / friends for anyone about to start studying as an adult student nurse.
It is easy to read, has a good style and presentation with charts and cartoons in to help understanding. I do think it is aimed at adult field student nurses, as the examples and charts contained in it are adult nursing based, it therefore has less use for child, mental health and students studying learning disability fields of nursing.
by Thom O.
This is such a useful guide that has just the right amount of need to know info for student nurses on clinical placemat, as well as loads of little tips scattered throughout. A must-have for student nurses on placements!
by DaneMum
As a clinical educator, I would never recomend this book to any students. It starts of by stating:” No jewellery or watches should be worn other thana plain wedding ring or other plain ring.Jewellery can scratch patients or get caught on something during moving and handling” It is absolutely false that you can wear any type of ring and the reason for that is hygine. Studies have shown that people can’t/don’t prerform propper handcleaning wearing any kind of ring. If the book is not up to date on this basic knowledge what other kinds of basic mistake will it suggest student to do