by Ian Peate (Editor)

Succeeding on Your Nursing Placement

Get the most out of your practice placement with this handy guide

Every nursing program requires placements where nursing students and trainee nursing associates can spend the required hours in practice-based learning, on the pathway to registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). In recent years, the introduction of new assessment standards and the massive disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has created new challenges for nursing students and placement instructors. Now more than ever, it is essential that nursing students are able to make the most of their placement experience.

Succeeding on your Nursing Placement provides indispensable guidance, built carefully around the 2018 Standards for Student Supervision and Assessment and their deployment in practice settings. This book provides students with the tools and best practices required to succeed in their practice placement and achieve registration, emphasising relationships with patients, supervisors, fellow placement students, and others.

• Twelve chapters covering a range of subjects including equality and diversity, feedback, learning in practice, and more
• A specific section focusing on the practice assessment document
• Boxed activities in each chapter encouraging further learning and development

Succeeding on your Nursing Placement is a must-have book for nursing students and trainee nursing associates looking to position themselves well at this crucial stage of their education.

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Get the most out of your practice placement with this handy guide

Every nursing programme requires placements where nursing students and trainee nursing associates can spend the required hours in practice-based learning, on the pathway to registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). In recent years, the introduction of new assessment standards and the massive disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has created new challenges for nursing students and placement instructors. Now more than ever, it is essential that nursing students are able to make the most of their placement experience.

Succeeding on your Nursing Placement provides indispensable guidance, built carefully around the 2018 Standards for Student Supervision and Assessment and their deployment in practice settings. This book provides students with the tools and best practices required to succeed in their practice placement and achieve registration, emphasising relationships with patients, supervisors, fellow placement students, and others.

• Twelve chapters covering a range of subjects including equality and diversity, feedback, learning in practice, and more
• A specific section focusing on the practice assessment document
• Boxed activities in each chapter encouraging further learning and development

Succeeding on your Nursing Placement is a must-have book for nursing students and trainee nursing associates looking to position themselves well at this crucial stage of their education.

Author Biography

Ian Peate, OBE FRCN is Editor in Chief of the British Journal of Nursing; Visiting Professor at St Georges University, the University of London, Northumbria University, and Kingston University, London; Professorial Fellow at the University of Roehampton, and Visiting Senior Clinical Fellow at the University Hertfordshire. Ian has worked in nurse education since 1989. His key areas of interest are nursing practice and theory.