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Placement Learning in Cancer & Palliative Care Nursing: A guide for students in practice
by: Penny Howard BSc(Hons) Nursing Studies MRes PGCert Cancer Nursing PGCHE RN (Author), Becky Whittaker (nee Chady) MA BA(Hons) RN PGCFE (Author), Karen Holland BSc(Hons) MSc CertEd SRN (Series Editor)
Publisher: Bailliere Tindall
Edition: 1st
Publication Date: 2012-12-11
Language: English
Print Length: 518 pages
ISBN-10: 978070
ISBN-13: 9780702043000
Book Description
Are you unsure about your cancer and palliative care placement? Do you need guidance on what to prepare to get the most out of your practice learning? Will you have the range of clinical skills to care for people with cancer? What learning opportunities will there be to meet your competencies? How can you maximise your learning during this placement? This book will help you with all these concerns. It will advise you on 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 and meet your competencies. Takes a logical, step-by-step approach to preparing for learning on a cancer and palliative care placementProvides the principles of care, treatment and management of someone with a cancer diagnosis, linking university-learned theory to clinical practice Gives helpful evidence-based practice examples and resources to support placement learningIdentifies clinical skills that underpin care of an individual with cancerHighlights potential learning opportunities and experiences available on a cancer and palliative care placementExplains how to develop your clinical portfolio by completing specific exercises and activitiesMaps all activities and exercises to the NMC competenciesAdvises on approaches to a range of situations that may arise as a student nurseAdopts a case-study approach to consolidating learning and to explore the patient pathway from pre-diagnosis, through a range of treatment options to living beyond cancer or end-of-life care.Series features: A unique guide to getting the most from clinical placementsHow to prepare for your placement What you can expect to learn during a placement Clear links to, and examples of, achieving NMC competenciesGuidance on what to use as evidence for your portfolioCase studies that link theory with practice How to consolidate your experience and learn from the placement Tips, activities, further reading suggestions and useful websites.
Editorial Reviews
Are you unsure about your cancer and palliative care placement? Do you need guidance on what to prepare to get the most out of your practice learning? Will you have the range of clinical skills to care for people with cancer? What learning opportunities will there be to meet your competencies? How can you maximise your learning during this placement? This book will help you with all these concerns. It will advise you on 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 and meet your competencies. Takes a logical, step-by-step approach to preparing for learning on a cancer and palliative care placementProvides the principles of care, treatment and management of someone with a cancer diagnosis, linking university-learned theory to clinical practice Gives helpful evidence-based practice examples and resources to support placement learningIdentifies clinical skills that underpin care of an individual with cancerHighlights potential learning opportunities and experiences available on a cancer and palliative care placementExplains how to develop your clinical portfolio by completing specific exercises and activitiesMaps all activities and exercises to the NMC competenciesAdvises on approaches to a range of situations that may arise as a student nurseAdopts a case-study approach to consolidating learning and to explore the patient pathway from pre-diagnosis, through a range of treatment options to living beyond cancer or end-of-life care.Series features: A unique guide to getting the most from clinical placementsHow to prepare for your placement What you can expect to learn during a placement Clear links to, and examples of, achieving NMC competenciesGuidance on what to use as evidence for your portfolioCase studies that link theory with practice How to consolidate your experience and learn from the placement Tips, activities, further reading suggestions and useful websites.
