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About the authors |
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Acknowledgements |
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How to use this handbook - Read me, I'm Important! |
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1 So you want to be a nurse or a midwife? |
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Stepping out into university as a nursing or midwifery student |
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Nursing and Midwifery Council Standards and Competencies and Professional Code |
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Managing expectations - academically and professionally |
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Professional qualities, values, principles and assumptions |
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Balancing academic studies, practice learning placements and family life |
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Practice learning placements - unlocking the fear of your first one |
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Writing academic assignments |
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Managing emotions in a caring profession |
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2 You're more than just a student |
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You're more than just a student |
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Your personal situation - home, family, social |
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Your Student Support First Aider - who's who and what they do |
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27 | (2) |
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29 | (6) |
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39 | (10) |
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3 Communication and interpersonal skills |
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Effective communication - the how, what, when and why |
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54 | (6) |
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Communicating in difficult situations |
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Interpersonal skills - what they are |
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Positively communicating your values, beliefs and opinions |
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Problem-solving and decision-making |
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4 Procrastination: putting things off and delaying the obvious |
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Procrastination - what is it exactly? |
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The five-step Getting into Gear process |
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5 Evidence-based practice |
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Evidence-based practice - its purpose and benefits |
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Improving the quality of care through evidence-based practice |
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Researching to identify the latest evidence |
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Developing your critical thinking and critiquing skills |
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Evidence, clinical reasoning and decision-making |
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Using evidence to inform best practice |
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6 Succeeding at assessments |
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Keeping your finger on the pulse - staying on task |
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109 | (2) |
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Achieving learning outcomes |
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111 | (2) |
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113 | (1) |
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114 | (1) |
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115 | (1) |
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117 | (8) |
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125 | (4) |
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Making it all add up - numeracy and drug calculations |
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129 | (1) |
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130 | (3) |
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Practical clinical skills |
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Practice learning placement |
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Making the most of your university and practice learning placement feedback |
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136 | (3) |
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139 | (17) |
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Reflective practice - what is it exactly? |
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140 | (2) |
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In-action, on-action reflection - what's the difference? |
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142 | (3) |
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3Rs - recap, review, reflect |
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The reflective practitioner - continuing professional development |
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8 Making theory make sense in clinical practice |
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Taught theory and practice realities - making it all make sense |
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157 | (3) |
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Transferable skills - student to practitioner, clinic to clinic |
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160 | (2) |
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5Rs - recap, review, reflect, revisit, refresh |
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9 Fitness to practise - how to be a safe and professional nurse or midwife |
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Social media and your online self |
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170 | (2) |
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Duty of care, advocacy and whistleblowing |
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172 | (4) |
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Safeguarding and protecting vulnerable groups |
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176 | (1) |
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Patient safety and infection control |
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177 | (5) |
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Achieving and maintaining your nursing and midwifery competencies |
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182 | (4) |
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10 Expectations and responsibilities in nursing and midwifery clinical practice |
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Expectations and responsibilities in nursing and midwifery practice |
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187 | (1) |
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Performance - behaviour, values, moral beliefs and attitudes |
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188 | (5) |
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The importance of ethics in nursing and midwifery practice |
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193 | (4) |
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197 | (4) |
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11 Planning and preparing your career in nursing or midwifery |
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So you want to work as a nurse or midwife? |
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202 | (1) |
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Understanding your skills and how employers see you |
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202 | (2) |
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Writing about yourself: CVs and applications |
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Talking about yourself: interviews and presentations |
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212 | (2) |
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So what are your options after graduating? |
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214 | (3) |
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217 | (1) |
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218 | (3) |
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12 Developing your professionalism |
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Continuing professional development - what it means and who it's for |
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222 | (1) |
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Keeping up to date - whose responsibility? |
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223 | (2) |
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Keep up to date; keep up to scratch - but where do you start? |
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225 | (4) |
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229 | (1) |
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Maintaining and retaining your professional registration |
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230 | (2) |
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Taking a career break - maternity leave or other leave of absence |
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232 | (3) |
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Your nursing and midwifery toolkit |
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Appendix 1 Legislative policies |
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Appendix 2 Activity 1.3 answers |
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Appendix 3 Practice learning placements |
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Appendix 4 Procrastinator types |
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Appendix 5 Accessible PowerPoints - what works; what doesn't |
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Appendix 6 Reflective models |
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Appendix 7 Careers information |
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Appendix 8 Nursing jobs |
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Appendix 9 Professional links |
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Appendix 10 SMART |
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References |
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Index |
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