A Handbook for Student Nurses, fourth edition

Gill Jordan qualified as a registered nurse in 1978. She completed her Orthopaedic Nursing Certificate and moved to New Zealand where she worked in a large orthopaedic teaching hospital, ultimately as a ward sister of a trauma orthopaedic ward. On her return to the UK in 1988, Gill moved into nurse education. Since then, she was involved in a variety of courses and professional development programmes, as both a teacher and programme leader. These included courses leading to professional registration, Return to Practice, Overseas Nurses Programme, conversion courses and various post-registration undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. Most recently Gill was Framework Leader for CPD Programmes at Bournemouth University before retiring in 2019. The late Anneyce Knight, who died in 2021, had retired earlier that year from her role as Associate Dean for Global Engagement and Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing at Bournemouth University, where she was also the Programme Leader for the Return to Nursing Practice course. She qualified as a registered nurse in 1982 and worked in orthopaedics and oncology, then trained as a midwife. She continued to practise in a variety of nursing and midwifery clinical settings before moving into Higher Education in 2000. Prior to taking up her role at Bournemouth University in 2015, Anneyce was the Course Lead for the innovative Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care (clinical) for Associate Practitioners, a joint NHS and Southampton Solent University collaboration. Previously she was at the University of Greenwich, where she held a number of positions. She was passionate about the need for compassionate care, thereby enhancing the quality of patient care, particularly at the end of life. Her primary research interests focused on public health and wellbeing, areas in which she has published and presented nationally and internationally. Sara qualified as a registered nurse in 1986, after which she worked in Acute Trauma and Orthopaedics before moving to Intensive care (ICU) and Coronary care. She worked in a number of ICUs in London and the south of England and gained multiple qualifications (including General Intensive Care Nursing, Principles of Intensive Care (Paediatrics), BSc (Hons) Nursing Studies and Diploma in Health Service Management). Having spent ten years as an ICU Sister she moved into Higher Education where she has been for twenty years. During her time in HE she has facilitated the learning of many thousands of students at both undergraduate level and postgraduate level, whilst at the same time continuing her own education to Doctorate level. She believes that as a nurse educator she should strive to enable students to fuse their learning and integrate education, professional practice and research in order to develop as future nurses and enhance the care they offer patients.

Preface to the fourth edition; Preface to the third edition; About the authors



1. Nurse education, practice supervision and assessment

      Introduction

      Pre-registration nurse education

      Nurse education today

      Standards of proficiency for registered nurses

      Standards for education

      Practice placements

      Registration



2. Communication

      Introduction

      Communication defined

      The communication process

      Interpersonal skills

      Intercultural communication

      Emotional intelligence

      Non-verbal interaction

      Barriers to effective communication

      Listening skills

      Advocacy and empowerment

      Digital literacy



3. Legal and professional issues

      Professional accountability

      Arenas of professional accountability

      Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)

      Compassion in Practice

      Delegation

      The Code in more detail

      Consent

      Safeguarding

      Confidentiality

      Record-keeping

      And finally...



4. Values and healthcare ethics

      Values and rights

      Patients' rights

      Human rights

      Professional considerations

      Respect, dignity and privacy

      Healthcare ethics



5. Cultural awareness

      Introduction

      Culture

      Associated cultural terminology

      Legislation and policy

      Culture in practice

      Religious awareness



6. Quality care

      Defining quality assurance

      A brief history of the organisation of quality assurance in UK healthcare

      National quality assurance

      Local clinical level

      Further aspects of quality assurance



7. Evidence-based practice

      Introduction

      Evidence-based practice in nursing

      Carrying out evidence-based practice

      Clinical effectiveness and evidence-based practice

      Implementing evidence-based practice



8. Professional roles in healthcare

      Introduction to interprofessional practice

      Definitions

      Interprofessional working

      Challenges to successful interprofessional working

      Changing roles in nursing

      Nursing in the 21st century in the UK

      Careers in nursing



9. Reflection and clinical supervision

      Reflection

      Models of reflection

      Using reflective frameworks

      The benefits of practising reflectively

      Reflective writing – keeping a journal or reflective diary

      Preceptorship

      Maintaining professional knowledge and competence (revalidation)

      Continuing professional development and lifelong learning

      Clinical/professional supervision

      Resilience in nursing



10. Study skills

      Study skills

      Reading

      Taking notes

      Writing essays

      Electronic learning (e-learning)

      Researching online

      Numeracy



11. Public health and promoting health and wellbeing

      Why is public health and promoting health and wellbeing relevant to nursing?

      The context of public health

      Determinants of health and health inequalities

      Local public health

      Wellbeing

      Health promotion



Index