As a first year nursing student your goal was understanding the foundations: anatomy, physiology, and the basics of care. Now, as a returning nursing student is when things start to feel different – more real. Placements get longer, the cases are more complex, and you’re expected to bring more clinical reasoning to every decision – not just memorized textbook content.
This is when many nursing students begin to feel the gap between “knowing” and “doing”, we understand the right reading can make this a smoother transition. Here are six books worth checking out chosen to specifically support challenges during this stage of your journey.
Clinical Practice
Successful Clinical Placements in Nursing
Your journey through clinical placements will undoubtedly come with its fair share of challenges. With Successful Clinical Placements in Nursing to hand, you will be guided by experts: advice tailored especially for you, from practising nurses, academics and nursing students
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Handbook for Registered Nurses
This handy resource provides a concise overview of some of the key elements of nursing practice, and is designed to create the foundations on which to build clinical competence.
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Core Knowledge & Models
Applying the Roper-Logan-Tierney Model in Practice, 4th Edition
Supports nurses in taking a holistic approach to care by considering how an illness or injury affects an individual’s psychological, social, economic and spiritual life.
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Foundations for Health Promotion
user-friendly introduction to health promotion and its use in practice. This book takes the reader through health promotion theory, strategy and methods, settings and implementation.
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Learning to Care, 2nd Edition
This popular text is designed to fully prepare students for their future professional role as competent and compassionate nursing associates.
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Your Next Chapter
We understand now is when your nursing education starts to feel real with harder decisions and developing your identity as a nurse. No single book will carry you through it, but we hope this suggested reading list can help you choose the right books to provide valuable insights and support your journey.
Have you found other books helpful as you progressed beyond the first year? We’d love to hear about them in the comments below!
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