Getting Ready for Your Nursing Degree: The Studysmart Guide to Learning at University - Couverture souple

Boyd, Victoria; Mckendry, Stephanie

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0273750895 ISBN 13 : 9780273750895

Editeur : Routledge, 2012

Synopsis

More and more people are considering a career in nursing or healthcare, but the thought of undertaking an academic degree at university can be intimidating. Whether you are moving straight from school or college or have been away from education for some time, Getting Ready for your Nursing Degree is essential preparation for anyone considering becoming or about to become a nursing student.

It looks at all aspects of university work in a straightforward way and provides advice, examples and activities designed to help you get the most out of classes, research and assessments, from your first lecture right through to sitting exams and learning on placement.

Designed with nursing students in mind, this small but perfectly formed guide is tailored to help you develop the skills you will need not only for your course but for your career and lifelong learning as a registered healthcare practitioner.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Both Dr Stephanie Mckendry and Vic Boyd are Academic Development Tutors and have worked with nursing students for nearly five years.

 

As well as developing ‘studySMART’ (a dedicated, flexible and subject specific academic support programme) resources and delivering lectures, tutorials and individual sessions, Stephanie and Vic engage in a variety of research activities and disseminate these through conference and journal papers. They have been published in the Nursing Standard, Journal of Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning and Studies in Higher Education.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

More and more people are considering a career in nursing or healthcare, but the thought of undertaking an academic degree at university can be intimidating. Whether you are moving straight from school or college or have been away from education for some time, Getting Ready for Your Nursing Degree is essential preparation for anyone considering becoming or about to become a nursing student. It looks at all aspects of university work in a straightforward way and provides advice, examples and activities designed to help you get the most out of classes, research and assessments, from your first lecture right through to sitting exams and learning on placement.

Designed with nursing students in mind, this small but perfectly formed guide is tailored to help you develop the skills you will need not only for your course but for your career and lifelong learning as a registered healthcare practitioner.

Main features:

• Straightforward advice in a friendly, no-nonsense style.
• Students’ perspectives in each chapter so you can really know what to expect from your degree.
• Reflective questions that focus on adapting your existing skills and experiences for nursing so you can begin your programme with confidence.
• Practical activities that will help you gain the skills to succeed at university as well as tips and examples to help you put together brilliant assessments.
• Companion Website containing additional worksheets, videos and audio clips available at: www.pearsoned.co.uk/boyd

Vic Boyd and Stephanie McKendry are Academic Development Tutors in the School of Health and Life Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, where they developed and use the studySMART support programme with their own nursing students.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0273750895
• ISBN 13: 9780273750895
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 200
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible