Product Description

Even after years of training and hard work, finding yourself on the threshold of your nursing career is often a daunting prospect. In this revised and updated second edition, Jackie Hole provides clear, practical advice on both managing the transition from student to qualified nurse - including getting the most from your final placement and making applications - and practical advice on key areas encountered in the first weeks and months after qualification. Drug safety, dealing with common clinical problems, and how and when to seek expert advice are all covered, while a newly written chapter addresses the key area of infection control. Management aspects such as delegation, objective setting, budgeting, prioritisation of care and time management are outlined clearly and engagingly, along with questions of professional development and career futures. This book will be invaluable to newly-qualified nurses, as well as to student nurses, nurse tutors, and experienced nurses wishing to gain an insight into their own practice and changes in the profession.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #102682 in Books
• Published on: 2009-01-20
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

Review
'This comprehensive, user-friendly book for the transition from student nurse to staff nurse is excellent and covers many issues pertinent to this daunting time - following three years of being nurtured, supported and protected. The author cleverly takes you through ways to prepare for a new staff nurse role and gently leads you through the next year with a helpful synopsis of the new role expectations. Regardless of how long you have been qualified there are real treasures in this book. Certainly a book to recommend.' --British Journal of Perioperative Nursing

'This book is aimed at nurses registering for the first time and serves to guide them through their initial year as a staff nurse. Reading this handbook reminded me how much nurse training has changed.' --Practice Nurse

About the Author
Practice Development Facilitator, Clinical Placements and Modern Matron, Royal West Sussex NHS Trust

Customer Reviews

invaluable!
I'm a 3rd yr student qualifying in september. I only came across this book by accident, but i brought it when i did see it, and once i started reading it i couldn't put it down! its invaluable! it goes through the pre-qualification phase including aspects such as your job interview - what to expect, and what they expect - through the 1st month, sixth months, and year of qualifying. I definately recommend this book! Now that i have read it, i'm not so terrified of my interviews and qualifying!

A must have for all new nurses.
Small enough to carry around with you but with vast amounts of common sense, facts and great tips for surviving on a ward.
Such a simple idea, can't believe this is the only book out there of it's type.
I think every newly qualified nurse or someone returning after a career break will find this book invaluable.
Written with a sense of humour so it is very easy to read and understand. Not boring at all.
Well done!!!!