The clinical placement : a nursing survival guide

The Clinical Placement Survival Guide: An Essential Guide for Nurses is a survival tool for nursing students and those that support them throughout their clinical learning journey: mentors, facilitators, academics, clinical partners and registered nurses.

Nursing students' clinical placement experience is often fraught with problems.

Anecdotal and empirical evidence suggests that nursing students experience feelings of stress, anxiety, alienation, disillusionment and disempowerment as a consequence of problems they encounter while on clinical placement.

The guide is a user friendly resource designed to facilitate a smoother transition through this challenging phase of nursing education. a simple, student-centred format that illustrates problems the students might encounter though the use of stories and scenarios"coaching tips" provide the student with guidance and insight into how they can best navigate their way through the clinical placement and how problems can be resolved or preventedReflective thinking activities encourage self-assessment and experiential learningIncludes insights from clinical experts across a diverse range of specialties