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
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.
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.
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
Qualification) at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh before
taking up a full time post in child health nursing education at
Edinburgh Napier University. Debbie took a break from
education to develop the community children′s nursing service in
Fife as the team manager before returning to Edinburgh Napier
to further develop her career in Higher Education.
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 has an External Examiner post at the University of Nottingham.
Sam has presented at local, national and international
conferences including RCM and RCN conferences, the Doctoral
Midwifery Research Society Global Conference and International
Confederation of Midwives Congress. She has written chapters in
edited books and articles in midwifery journals, including Evidence
Based Midwifery, MIDIRS, and Nurse Education in Practice.
A super well-rounded nursing handbook. The pages are split up into
speech bubbles, diagrams and things that I find a little more
pleasant to read, it’s not just pages and pages of words with
nothing cool or stimulating to keep your interest. There are some
funny bits in there aswell, which add to it being a nice, easy
read. (Full video review can be found here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Wc3cN1fYPg)
*Grace Barry - Registered Nurse and Blogger*
‘An easy to follow, step-by-step guide, which will help you through
important parts of your learning on a midwifery/nursing
degree.’
*Sasha Taylor, UG Midwifery student*
‘I think this book will be interesting and useful. In my case, I
would use it to help me with the reflective case analysis and the
rest of my essays.’
*Elena Rosas Ramos, UG Midwifery student*
‘This is a very useful book, just being aware of the different
support systems available would have made a massive difference to
stressful situations I have been in when studying. It gives a good
overview of all the areas essential to studying midwifery and I
would use it as a study guide and to help with writing assignments.
Definitely the chapter on procrastination will be useful as this is
a big problem for me when writing assignments. I have heard other
students say that this is a problem for them also and I have not
seen any other books address this.’
*Stephanie Atwood, PG Midwifery student*
‘These chapters are superbly realistic and have added excellent
insight as to how the life of being a student nurse or midwife will
be – hard BUT rewarding. I found the chapters very easy to read and
could not really fault them, they are ‘chatty’ and ‘real’ which
makes it a more conversational read and not a boring lecture
feel…..’
*Melissa Cohen, UG Midwifery student*
‘I wish I had this book when I was at university - I would have
used it as my bible to help and guide when things weren’t going to
plan.’
*Sharon Patterson, former Student Nurse*
′This is an enjoyable and refreshing writing style which engages
the reader effectively. This text will be beneficial for both
students of nursing and midwifery commencing their respective
programmes and would also be recommended for potential candidates
and career teachers within secondary education.′
*Gail Anderson*
′Written in conversational accessible language... proving popular
with readers′
*Judith Tonner, Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser*
This is exactly the kind of book I wish I had been given (I’m a
student midwife—I’m penniless, after all) before I started my
course. Even the contents page felt like an organised list of
the last 3 years of my life, down to the smallest, SMARTest
target.
*Alex Bush, Student Midwife*
The book is easy to follow and its layout makes it possible to dip
in and out of chapters as necessary, depending on academic need or
point of study. It is honest throughout, highlighting the
responsibilities of being a caring and accountable
practitioner...(and) it is purposeful in enabling the reader to
evaluate their own learning and practice, making the reader an
active participant, rather than a passenger. A particular strength
is how the authors emphasise that the readers are human, and will
be affected by what they witness in clinical practice. The book
gives advice on managing emotions and the support networks
available, such as mentors and trade unions, but also suggests
methods of self-support. These tools are imperative to survive the
intense situations midwives and students face, and are transferable
to balance work/life/study stress.
*Ellie Baggott - Newly qualified midwife*
Juggling your time, what′s expected of you both in real life and
when you′re on placement, coping with stress and applying for jobs…
this covers everything that you could possibly need to know. I
would highly recommend that you read this book.
*Chloe*
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