Clinical placement

Leading change as a nursing student: how to develop an innovation

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

06 Dec 2023
Welcome to your placement: how a ‘hello’ pack can help students feel at home

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

30 Sep 2022
What to expect from a clinical placement in a care home

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

12 Aug 2022
Difficult placements: coping with a hostile practice assessor

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

08 Jul 2022
What to expect from a placement in cancer nursing

Working with cancer patients may seem daunting, but in practice it offers a chance to lear

09 Jun 2022
What is supernumerary status and why does it need protecting?

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

27 May 2022

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

11 Jun 2021

Looking after a patient nearing the end of life can be daunting, but on

22 Mar 2018

When nursing student Laurie Batchelor helped care for a patient in the

19 Feb 2018

When nursing student Georgia Brain created a book of lyrics to help her

06 Feb 2018

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