Students and Graduates: Transitioning to Practice
Could trained RN clinical supervisors enhance nursing students’ clinical placements?
Upskilling registered nurses for clinical supervision could help improve the quality and consistency of nursing students’ clinical placement experiences, according [...]
Embracing rural placements
Rural placements have the capacity to transform students professionally and personally as well as create unexpected opportunities and lifelong memories. [...]
10 things I wish I knew before my first clinical placement
Clinical placements give nursing and midwifery students the opportunity to build critical hands-on skills. For first-year nursing student Matilda Preston, [...]
10 tips to navigate your first undergraduate year
Congratulations! You’ve been accepted and are now enrolled into a Bachelor of Nursing Degree. You may be feeling excited and [...]
Scoping and redesign of the nursing and midwifery clinical facilitator learning support model in northern Queensland
Scoping and redesign of the nursing and midwifery clinical facilitator learning support model in northern Queensland
Does the RUSON employment model support transition to practice, relieve workload pressure and improve patient care?
Can paid employment models for undergraduate nurses improve transition to practice and help to address workforce shortages? Supporting undergraduate nurses [...]
Preparation of student nurses for registration and healthcare delivery
Nursing workforce shortages and continuing pressures on healthcare systems require health services and education providers to work collaboratively to support [...]
Supporting novice nurses in an Early Career Transition Program
The Supported Registered Nurse Program (SRNP) and Supported Enrolled Nurse Program (SENP) are six-month Early Career Transition Programs (ECTP) for [...]
Q&A: Second-year nursing student
Nursing student Cristina Velez, currently in her second-year at University of Wollongong, shares her experience. What drew you to nursing? [...]
Husband and wife career switch to nursing
Husband and wife duo Jacob and Liana Cox have undergone a joint career life change with the aim of becoming [...]
First impressions from a 1st year midwifery student
“I now realise that every woman’s journey is different,” says Eva Barba, first year Bachelor of Midwifery student at the [...]
Mental health, wellbeing, and support needs of nursing students – ‘Help! I’m overwhelmed, I need an extension’
High and increasing prevalence rates of mental health problems among young people mean that youth mental health is a key [...]
Final-year university placement helps transition to aged care career
A novel final-year university placement is helping nursing students’ fast-track their transition into aged care. One of the first in [...]
