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'I took a non-clinical elective placement at the DH'
I have just finished a six week placement in the nursing division in the public health directorate of the department of health. Sounds impressive doesn’t it, but all I had to do to get there was ask.
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'I had a predisposed hatred of everything community-based'
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How to make the most of your community placement
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Don't be a placement martyr
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'A lot of what you have to do on placement is common sense'
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'Swallow your pride - everyone needs to start with the basics’
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'I dread the great expectations that come with being a third year on placement'
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How to make a good impression on placement
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'Ask as many questions as you like but take the initiative too'
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Why you should keep a reflective journal during placement
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'My tips on how to have the perfect placement'
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First time: how to bond with your placement mentor
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'I'm torn deciding which specialty to pursue in the future'
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How to get to grips with record keeping
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What makes a good handover?
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What to do when you're feeling like a spare part
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Older people care: my last placement of my final year
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My placement from hell … and back
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My first year placements: what did I learn?
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What not to wear – dressing for your mental health placement
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One minute guides
Your one minute guide to the cardiovascular system
What is it, how do I remember it all and how on earth do you pronounce it? We can help …
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The first time
First time: what's it like on community placement?
Are you wondering what it’s like to do a community placement? We can help with that …
First time: how to get the most from a lecture
Top tips for getting the most from your time inside the lecture hall
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New student nurses on placement
First time: how to bond with your placement mentor
Feeling a bit daunted by the prospect of your first placement? Third year student, Iain Walker, offers his tips for nurturing a good relationship with your placement mentor.
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ECGs 1: how to carry out monitoring
The first in a three-part series on electrocardiograms explores continual monitoring
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Student Life
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'Students should be supported in questioning accepted clinical practice'
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'Student nurses aren’t any less compassionate than nurses trained under the old system'
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Top tips for your first year as a qualified nurse
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'This is how I became a newly qualified nurse working on ICU'
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'I wanted to explore what nursing was like outside the UK'
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'I've realised it's normal to have a crisis of confidence'
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'A few weeks ago I experienced my first cardiac arrest'
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'I have to be realistic, it's impossible to know everything'
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'I remember desperately thinking, I want this man to survive'
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'Why do we belittle ourselve in front of our colleagues?'
