'Lansley must listen to nurses on the front line' 'You have chosen to join one of the most worthwhile, challenging and rewarding professions'
We’ve been nine months in preparing this site for you – thinking about and talking to students and their lecturers about what those in training to be a nurse really need from us. And we hope we’ve hit the mark.
You told us what you wanted most was advice on how to handle your placement – tackling issues that you may be encountering for the first time, such as breaking bad news, facing your first patient death or just handling conflict with your colleagues in the workplace. We’ve given you a range of articles on this sort of subject, as well as help with managing the relationship with your mentor. We hope you enjoy it and find it useful.
You also wanted some insight into how to manage your student finances, how to handle the dreaded night shift and still stay healthy in both mind and body.
Of course, your life at work is just one aspect of the next few years – you’ll need to knuckle down in the library, gen up on your computer skills and get some top tips on how to study to best suit your “revision personality”. We’ve got all that for you.
Our series of quizzes will help you discover more about your personal style – in terms of eating, relationships, working and managing money.
And don’t forget to use our studentnursingtimes.net forum to ask advice from other students. Our forum is available 24/7, 365 days a week, so it’s great for asking advice on where to start on that all-important literature search or advice on how to revise for your pharmacology test.
When you’re revising or writing an essay, our clinical archive of double-blind peer-reviewed articles will prove invaluable to you, so do make the most of it.
Don’t forget to take advantage of our learning units – you get five free with your subscription, meaning you can learn when and where it suits you, getting some extra help on a range of subject areas.
If you want to see an article on something else that we’ve not included on this site or ask for a bit of advice on anything to do with being a student nurse or your future career, then do send an email to the studentnursingtimes.net team, including our student nursing times student editor – our man on the ground, Adam Roxby.
In the meantime, good luck with your studies and enjoy training to be a nurse. You have chosen one of the most worthwhile, challenging and rewarding professions to be a part of. And we are both proud and glad that we can help you through that. Congratulations and good luck.
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Adam Roxby | 30-Sep-2011 11:57 am
I remember when I first made the decision to start my nurses training. i was quite nervous and was thankful for the support of my fellow students as well as the wealth of knowledge that was already available to me through thE university and publications such as the nursing times.
I know I have said this before but I find it an incredible privilege to be able to help in my own way towards fellow students progression through their nursing course.
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