Placement learning in community nursing : a guide for students in practice
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Placement learning in community nursing : a guide for students in practice
(Placement learning series)
Baillière Tindall Elsevier, 2013
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Worried about your placement? Will you fit in? Will you have the right skills? What do you need to learn for practice assessments?
This book will help you with all these concerns. It will tell you what to expect from the placement, what you can learn, how to link theory and practice, and how to make the most of your learning opportunities.
A logical, step-by-step approach to preparing for a community placement
Helps make the most of learning opportunities
Narratives from other students describe what the placement will really be like
Honest discussion of the challenges of a placement in the community to help avoid problems
Advice on possible approaches to situations that may arise on a community placement
Series features:
A unique guide to getting the most from clinical placements
What to expect before a placement
What you can expect to learn on placement
How to consolidate your experience and learning
Clear links and examples with NMC proficiencies
Guidance on what to use as evidence for portfolios
Short case studies to link theory with practice
Key points reminder boxes
Worried about your next placement? Will you 'fit in'? Will you have the right skills? What do you need to learn to meet practice assessments?
This series will help you with all these concerns. It will tell you what to expect from each placement, what you can learn, how to link theory and practice, and how to make the most of your learning opportunities.
This is the only series specifically for student nurses undertaking specific practice placements, and will give you all the information you need in a user-friendly format. Each book in the series covers a specific area of practice for a typical placement on a pre-registration nursing course.
Titles in this series:
Surgical nursing
Medical nursing
Cancer and palliative care nursing
Mental health nursing
Community care nursing
Older people nursing
Each book also covers:
A unique guide to getting the most from clinical placements
What to expect before a placement
What you can expect to learn on placement
How to consolidate your experience and learning
Clear links and examples with NMC proficiencies
Guidance on what to use as evidence for portfolios
Short case studies to link theory with practice
Key points reminder boxes
Table of Contents
Section 1: Preparation for the community practice learning environment
1 The context of community nursing
2 Introduction to Community settings, services and roles
3 Practice learning in the community: what to expect
4 Maximising the learning opportunities available in the community
Section 2: Placement Learning Opportunities
5 Assessing and addressing need in the community
6 Managing long-term conditions in the community
7 Infection prevention and control in the community
8 Mental Health and Care in the Community
Section 3: Professional issues
9 Communication in Community Practice
10 Leadership, management and team working in Community Practice
11 Promoting clinical effectiveness and maintaining quality of care
12 Medicines management in the community
Section 4: Consolidating Learning
13 Being an effective student: learning in a community setting
14 Developing competence for person-centred nursing in the community
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