Clinical skills

With guidance, nursing students can play their part in protecting patients Picture: Tim Zoltie
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Patient deterioration: how to develop and use your nursing instincts

Spotting deterioration takes more than tools – experts’ advice on honing your instincts

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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) chest compressions can mean the difference between life and death Picture: iStock
Clinical skills

Performing CPR: your questions answered

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Clinical placements

Six reflective exercises to help improve your communication skills

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Clinical skills

BNF and other clinical resources: lecturers’ picks from apps, websites, textbooks

Find the information formats and tools that work best for your learning style
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Core nursing skills: nurse smiles at prone patient, who is prone in hospital bed and connected to monitor
Clinical skills

Clinical and transferable skills you need before you qualify, and how to develop them

Early-career nurses share ways to build competence to ensure you are safe to practise 
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Clinical placements

How to write a nursing care plan – where to start as a student

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Ethical dilemmas: what should I do if a patient refuses care or treatment?

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Career stagnation: nurses report feeling trapped or limited in roles

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Clinical placements

Nervous about venepuncture? How to safely obtain blood samples

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Success as a nursing student: a nursing student on clinical placement is supervised by a nurse while she completes paperwork on a ward
Clinical placements

6 tips for success in your degree: from taking feedback to not fearing failure

Advice on how to give yourself the best chance of fulfilling your potential 
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Road traffic accident: would you know what to do?

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Clinical placements

Ethical decision-making: how do I apply nursing theory to practice?

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Infection prevention: how to improve your aseptic technique as a student

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Respiratory assessment skills: how do I perform chest auscultation?

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STAR method in nursing: nurse engages happily in work conversation 
Clinical placements

Demonstrating your nursing skills: how the STAR method can help

It can help students to answer questions or analyse problems. Find out how to apply it

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