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Transition to Registered Practice
From Student to Qualified Nurse

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December 2019 | 216 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd

An essential guide for students transitioning from undergraduate to registered nurse. The book covers all topics included on a final year transition module, is suitable for all fields of nursing, and is mapped to the latest NMC standards.

In addition to the book’s coverage of key final year transition topics such as law and ethics, decision making and clinical accountability, there is also helpful guidance on how to further your career and become a successful nurse, post-registration. This includes advice on leadership and management skills, preceptorship, revalidation, and continued professional development (CPD).

To help students understand the realities of being a registered nurse, there are ‘Practice Scenarios’ in each chapter and real-life accounts from service users expressing their experience of using health services, so that students can understand the real needs of people in their care. The book also includes examples and scenarios from all fields, to show the differing practice environments and challenges that students will face.


 
Part 1: The beginning of the process
Chris Thurston
Chapter 1: The reality of transitioning from student to qualified nurse
Nick Wrycraft
Chapter 2: Preparing for your first job
Nick Wrycraft
Chapter 3: Becoming a qualified nurse
Nick Wrycraft and Zoe Dodd
Chapter 4: Preceptorship and supervision
 
Part 2: During the transition process
Patricia Macnamara
Chapter 5: Ethical and Legal Aspects of Care
Chris Thurston and Marty Chambers
Chapter 6: Responsibilities regarding fitness to practice
Mary Northrop
Chapter 7: Decision making and clinical guidance
 
Part 3: Next phases
Chris Thurston
Chapter 8: CPD and revalidation
Chris Thurston & Nick Wrycraft
Chapter 9: Leadership and management
Nick Wrycraft
Chapter 10: Conclusion: Resilience and compassion in qualified practice

I did not receive this title as a book - so was unable to review this.

Mrs Vanessa Grace Wilson
Nursing (Chesterfield), Derby University
May 23, 2022

Great book which is a reassuring companion for final year students who are contemplating their imminent transition into registered practice.

Mr Shaun Kershaw
Petroc, Petroc College
December 2, 2020

Good for both yr2 and 3 nursing students.

Mrs jen menzies
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University
February 28, 2020
Key features

**Need 1: Students need support in their final year in bringing all their knowledge together in order to pass their course and become a safe, accountable practitioner.

 Feature and benefit: - This book covers of all the main topics on final year 'transition' modules in one book, mapped to latest NMC standards, helping students to consolidate their knowledge and pass their course.

 **Need 2: Students need to understand the realities of practising as a Registered Nurse and how to provide the best care in real life situations.

 Feature and benefit: Practice scenarios are included in all chapters to help students see the realities of practice and work through some complex situations. Each chapter also includes authentic voices of services users expressing their experience of using health services, so that students can understand the real needs of people in their care.

 **Need 3: Each field of practice needs to understand how generic knowledge relates to their own field and the specific challenges and demands of that field as a registered nurse.

 Feature and benefit: This book includes content for all fields of practice, with examples and scenarios from across the fields, to show the differing practice environments and challenges that students will face.

 **Need 4: Students have a lot of information to take onboard in their final year and can easily feel overwhelmed. They also need to develop and demonstrate learning and critical inquiry skills to support their continued development as a Registered Nurse.

 Feature and benefit: The book supports student learning with range of pedagogy to support all styles of reader, and with activities to help develop deeper thinking, problem solving and inquiry based learning skills.