Practice learning is key to developing your professional identity as a student nurse and as a Future Registered Nurse.
You are the future ambassadors and leaders of the nursing profession . The eyes and the ears of healthcare. Your role is valuable in clinical teams and for maintaining high quality patient care.
In this section of your Practice Learning site , you’ll find a few key resources to understanding your role and responsibility , how to get the best out of your placements and taking care of your well-being.
Accountability As a Student Nurse
Getting the Best out of Your Placement
Your well-being
Your nurse training journey is a rewarding time of your life and at times a stressful one. As an individual navigating a demanding programme and clinical placements, you also are managing your personal life. Developing positive coping strategies and having good support networks will strengthen your resilience and allow a positive learning experience as a student nurse.
Questions to ask yourself
- How are you feeling? What challenges have you been facing lately?
- How do you manage your stress in your daily life?
- What motivates you to maintain a positive outlook on life?
- Who can you turn to for support when you are feeling overwhelmed?
- How do you maintain a healthy work-life balance?
- How do you cope with challenges and setbacks at work?
- How are you feeling? What challenges have you been facing lately?
- How do you stay motivated and positive in the face of difficult situations?
- What motivates you to maintain a positive outlook on life?
Need support?
If you need someone to talk to, we have introduced a confidential text support service, you can access support by texting FRONTLINE to 85258 for support 24/7. This service is available to all our NHS colleagues who have had a tough day, who are feeling worried or overwhelmed, or who have a lot on their mind and need to talk it through
Why Supervision and Assessment
Coaching helps to empower and build leadership skills. It is a technique that nurse educators promote and use to create a learning partnership relationship with you in your practice learning journey.
Techniques such as deep listening, presence, open questioning and advocating use of critical reflection are some of the skills used that to encourage you to engage in care discussions , share your opinions , ideas and concerns. This enables you to develop your critical thinking skills and find you own solutions as you navigate various learning experience in practice. You transition in this process from Novice to Proficient as you move from a first year to final year student. Coaching as an extension, helps you to look after your wellbeing by being able to develop or refine your emotional intelligence and coping mechanisms in a variety of situations in practice.
Here are some tips on how you can get the most out of coaching
. Be open
. Be curious (enables deeper learning of conditions and situations)
. Be engaging in discussions even the challenging ones
. Be self- reflective and enhance your own self awareness
. Use active listening
. Action and practice what you have learnt in each learning experience
. Share what you have learnt
. Analyse situations . Ask the right questions.
. Become an independent thinker
Peer to Peer Learning helps you to have a more personalised experience connecting with other student nurses on a similar learning journey. It promotes active learning , team building , allows you to share your knowledge with your peers in practice and improves social competence. You have the opportunity to engage in peer-to-peer learning whilst in your clinical area and when participating in activities set by your practice educators .
Coaching helps to empower and build leadership skills. It is a technique that nurse educators promote and use to create a learning partnership relationship with you in your practice learning journey.
Techniques such as deep listening, presence, open questioning and advocating use of critical reflection are some of the skills used that to encourage you to engage in care discussions , share your opinions , ideas and concerns. This enables you to develop your critical thinking skills and find you own solutions as you navigate various learning experience in practice. You transition in this process from Novice to Proficient as you move from a first year to final year student. Coaching as an extension, helps you to look after your wellbeing by being able to develop or refine your emotional intelligence and coping mechanisms in a variety of situations in practice.
Here are some tips on how you can get the most out of coaching
. Be open
. Be curious (enables deeper learning of conditions and situations)
. Be engaging in discussions even the challenging ones
. Be self- reflective and enhance your own self awareness
. Use active listening
. Action and practice what you have learnt in each learning experience
. Share what you have learnt
. Analyse situations . Ask the right questions.
. Become an independent thinker
Peer to Peer Learning helps you to have a more personalised experience connecting with other student nurses on a similar learning journey. It promotes active learning , team building , allows you to share your knowledge with your peers in practice and improves social competence. You have the opportunity to engage in peer-to-peer learning whilst in your clinical area and when participating in activities set by your practice educators .
Transitioning to become an NQN:
Preparing for your future as a nurse online resource
