Being a Nurse (eBook)

A personal guide from graduation to revalidation

Lauren Philpott (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
154 Seiten
Scion Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-908625-54-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Packed full of personal accounts, hints and tips to help student nurses and newly qualified nurses as they progress from graduation to revalidation.



This book will prepare you for the transition from student to registered nurse and help you make the most of your time as a newly qualified nurse.

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Packed full of personal accounts, hints and tips to help student nurses and newly qualified nurses as they progress from graduation to revalidation.Being a Nurse will help both student nurses and newly qualified nurses in their progression from graduation to revalidation.It takes a special sort of person to be a nurse and starting a new career can be a daunting prospect for anyone this book will prepare you for the transition from student to registered nurse and help you make the most of your time as a newly qualified nurse. The book provides advice to new starters on dealing with the challenges of being a nurse. It covers important topics such as:first-day nervesthe value of teamworkhow to avoid burnoutcoping with a bad dayhow to know when you re ready to progress.The author takes a jargon-free, supportive approach that aims to help you develop your confidence as a nurse so that you in turn can offer the best care for your patients.Lauren Philpott recently qualified as a registered nurse and has drawn on her own experience to write the book I wish I d had . In the words of one reviewer, it s like she s taking you by the hand and helping you through the transition that she went through herself .From reviews: Being a Nurse is a great resource for anyone starting out in their nursing careers. It offers sensible down to earth advice, drawing on the author s real life experience of what it is like to work as a Registered Nurse for the first time. The author tackles some really challenging topics, such as dealing with difficult situations/people, burnout, having a bad day (and importantly how to get over it!) as well as emphasising the many positives that nursing brings. She takes the new graduate through their nursing journey, from the first day on the job, to developing in confidence and how to work towards revalidation, taking a pragmatic, yet very readable approach. This would make a great gift for any soon to graduate or recently qualified nurse. Liz Williams, Assistant Professor, Year 2 Clinical Skills, University of Nottingham What I like about Being a Nurse is that it is a first-hand guide to being a newly registered nurse; it gives helpful information about all those things you didn t learn about when you were a student nurse. To name a few; annual leave, revalidation, finding your role within the team and CPD....The content of Being a Nurse is written in such a way that it very much feels like an informal chat with Lauren herself, and this makes for a comforting read. Its easy layout is set with bullet points and top tip sections which can help you easily summarise each chapter. There are also quotes of real-life situations and cases, which always helps put theory ideas into reality. Although Lauren is a children s nurse, the topics discussed in the book are easily transferable to other branches of nursing.I would recommend this book to any student nurses, especially students about to qualify. Online review from Diary of a Chief Nurse Junior Fellow

Inhalt

Me and my book

Chapter One: First day
nerves

Your first days

Am I ready?

Going it alone

A shaky start

On a positive note

Common worries answered

Chapter Two: Teamwork

The importance of teamwork

The nursing team

Finding your role within the team

Lone working

The multidisciplinary team

Communication

Team building

Teamwork in an emergency

Chapter Three:
Patient relationships

Therapeutic relationship

Building relationships

Boundaries

A positive relationship

Establishing a good relationship

What if I don’t strike a relationship with a patient?

Social media

Chapter Four: Difficult
situations

Emotional difficulties

Uncooperative patients

Dealing with challenging people

Politics

Disagreements with colleagues

Breaking bad news

The death of a patient

When mistakes are made


How to cope with difficult situations

Chapter Five: Good days
and bad days

Good days

What makes our shifts good?

What do you think?

Bad days

Why do bad days happen?

How to help yourself have a good day

Sick patients

How to recover from a bad day

Chapter Six: Progression
and confidence

Preceptorship period

Confidence

Study days

Learning ‘on the job’

As your confidence grows

Caring for sick patients

Becoming a mentor

Chapter Seven: Work/life
balance

Work/life balance

What is burnout?

How to avoid burnout

Hobbies

Leaving work at work

Saying no

Take your breaks

Take time to rest

Annual leave

Look after yourself

Supporting your colleagues through burnout

Chapter Eight:
Revalidation, and everything in between

Revalidation

Everything in between

Acknowledgements

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.6.2018
• Verlagsort: Banbury
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege ► Ausbildung / Prüfung
• Schlagworte: nursing practice, newly qualified nurse, revalidation, nursing journey, NQN
• ISBN-10: 1-908625-54-6 / 1908625546
• ISBN-13: 978-1-908625-54-0 / 9781908625540