How to Survive your Nursing or Midwifery Course

First Edition

Monica Gribben - Edinburgh Napier University, UK
Stephen McLellan - Edinburgh Napier University, UK
Debbie McGirr - Edinburgh Napier University, UK
Sam Chenery-Morris - University of Suffolk, UK

Other Titles in:
Nurse Practitioner | Nursing | Study Skills for Nurses

February 2017 | 296 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd

How to Survive your Nursing or Midwifery Course is designed to help readers that are struggling and need a little (or a lot of) guidance. This helpful text is packed with useful information and practical exercises to help readers cope with all of the major sources of stress for nursing and midwifery students, including:

Juggling time
Succeeding in assignments and exams
Understanding what’s expected in real life and on placements
Managing finances
Coping with stress
Applying for jobs and more

Written by authors who have helped countless students from a wide range of backgrounds conquer their problems, this book will be something readers can come back to again and again to help them succeed on their journey to becoming a registered nurse or midwife.

Chapter 1: So you want to be a nurse or a midwife?

Chapter 2: You're more than just a student

Chapter 3: Communication and interpersonal skills

Chapter 4: Procrastination: putting things off and delaying the obvious

Chapter 5: Evidence-based practice

Chapter 6: Succeeding at assessments

Chapter 7: Reflective practice

Chapter 8: Making theory make sense in clinical practice

Chapter 9: Fitness to Practise – how to be a safe and professional nurse or midwife

Chapter 10: Expectations and responsibilities in nursing and midwifery clinical practice

Chapter 11: Planning and preparing your career in nursing or midwifery

Chapter 12: Developing your Professionalism

As 1sy year coordinator for adult pre-reg nursing, this book is invaluable. Well written and really assists the student.

Mrs Annemarie Horn

Nursing and Midwifery (Carlisle), University of Cumbria

November 11, 2019

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Chapter 1

Monica Gribben

Monica Gribben is a dyslexia specialist with a background in languages and education. She works as Dyslexia Adviser at Edinburgh Napier University and, in a private capacity, as Dyslexia Consultant to corporate companies. Monica has widespread experience in student support, specialising in Scottish and Norwegian University support systems for students with dyslexia. Throughout her career, she’s worked extensively with student nurses and midwives. Monica currently sits on the Scottish Government's Working Party Group on Dyslexia and is Author of The Study Skills Toolkit for Students with Dyslexia. More About Author

Stephen McLellan

Stephen McLellan is Careers Adviser at Edinburgh Napier University and Secretary of the University's Unison Branch. Throughout his career, Stephen has worked extensively with student nurses and midwives. More About Author

Debbie McGirr

Debbie McGirr trained and worked as an RGN in Newcastle before moving to Edinburgh to undertake post-registration Sick Children's Nursing (RSCN) course. She worked across a variety of settings (acute medical/ITU/HDU) before moving into the community to undertake her BA Community Health and District Nursing qualification. She set up the REACT palliative care service at RHSC Edinburgh and worked as a community paediatric palliative care nurse across the east of Scotland. She then moved into teaching to be the part-time discipline leader for the national Community Children's Nursing Degree (Specialist Practitioner... More About Author

Sam Chenery-Morris

Sam Chenery Morris (RGN, RM, RSCN) is an Associate Professor in Midwifery at the University of Suffolk. She has worked in all areas of midwifery practice, from the community to the delivery suite, from 1995-2003 before moving into teaching in 2006. Sam has a PhD in midwifery education specifically around learning, assessment and grading in clinical practice and an MA in Interprofessional Healthcare Education. Her teaching expertise encompasses normal midwifery practice, neonatal care and screening, professional issues and research methods with her module responsibilities reflecting these areas. She is a link lecturer to local hospitals and... More About Author

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