Preceptorship for Newly Registered Nurses
- Karen Elcock
- Kath Sharples - University of West London, UK
Professional Skills for Nurses
A very useful texts for students who will be seeking preceptorship on qualification.
Useful overview
Great source of concise information on very relevant topics such as confidence building, reflection and building on previous knowledge and experience
This text is essential for any professional involved with the development, facilitation and / or delivery of Preceptorship in practice. The links to the KSF are extremely valuable and ease the application of theory from the book into practice. It has become my new bible in the redesign of preceptorship within the Trust and focus for the prinicples of our new preceptorship strategy.
I came to this book from (I imagine) a different angle to the typical reader - teaching a course on the sociology of health rather than a nursing qualification. This book is extremely easy to read, well laid out and very practically-focussed, and is an excellent resource for use in sessions on professionalism, medicalisation, occupational careers and contemporary experiences of health and illness. I particularly liked the case study boxes which provided good starting points for seminar discussions.
This text is relevant for 3rd year pre registration nurses studying the role transition module and will continue to be a useful resource post qualifying. The content is comprehensive and addresses many of the issues that affect newly qualified nurses including team work, developing confidence and self awareness, planning professional development and application of evidence based practice. A very useful resource
This is an excellent book that provides students with a clear understanding of some of the expectations of the newly qualified nurse
Appropriate for undergraduate and postgraduate level
I loaned this book to a 3rd year undergraduate mental health nursing student. Her comments were, 'This book covers everything that you worry about forgetting as a newly qualified nurse. Not only this but it also portrays well what is expected of you as a newly qualified nurse, and also how to improve and move forward. Defintely one to keep in the handbag!'
An excellent book to help understand the complexities of the preceptorship role and function.
