Front cover -- Half title page -- Evolve page -- The Clinical Placement -- Copyright page -- Table of Contents -- Dedications -- About the authors -- Reviewers -- Introduction -- How to use this book -- Clinical Placement Insights -- 1 The rules of engagement -- Introduction -- Know the lie of the land -- The clinical placement-what it is and why it matters -- Clinical learning -- Clinical placement patterns -- Clinical placement settings -- Person-centred care -- Models of care -- Competent practice -- Working within your scope of practice -- Why is it essential to understand and work within your scope of practice? -- Why do you need to discuss your scope of practice with the nurses you work with? -- Supervision and support -- Student support services -- Working hard to belong -- First impressions last -- Mandatory requirements for clinical placements -- The roles and responsibilities of the interprofessional healthcare team -- References -- 2 Great expectations -- Introduction -- Patients' expectations -- Clinicians' expectations -- Managers' expectations -- Professional expectations -- National competency standards for nurses -- Code of ethics for Australian nurses -- Code of conduct for Australian nurses -- Legal requirements -- Privacy and confidentiality -- Privacy -- Confidentiality -- Speak up, speak out -- Don't take things personally -- Compliance and compromise -- Exercise your rights -- References -- 3 How you act -- Introduction -- Cultural competence -- Patient safety -- Clinical governance -- Best practice -- Sources of evidence and knowledge -- Tradition -- Authority -- Clinical experience -- Intuition -- Trial and error -- Assembled information -- Evidence-based research -- Advocacy -- Student advocacy -- Managing conflict -- Dealing with horizontal violence -- Dealing with sexual harassment -- What is sexual harassment?.

Taking care of yourself -- Putting work ahead of your studies -- Reflection -- Clinical placements at distant locations -- Clinical learning objectives -- Student assessment -- Giving and receiving gifts -- Gifts of appreciation from students -- Accepting thanks -- Visitors during clinical placements -- Using supplies from the healthcare organisation -- Punctuality and reliability -- References -- 4 How you think and feel -- Introduction -- Caring -- Reflective practice -- Keeping a journal -- Reality check and seeking feedback -- How do I see myself? -- How do others see me? -- Emotional intelligence -- Critical thinking and clinical reasoning -- Critical thinking -- Clinical reasoning -- Why do nursing students need to learn how to engage in clinical reasoning? -- Ethical dilemmas in nursing -- What is ethics and why do nurses need to understand it? -- Examples of ethical principles -- What is an ethical dilemma? -- What is moral distress? -- Crossing the line -- What are boundaries? -- What purpose do boundaries serve? -- References -- 5 How you communicate -- Introduction -- Therapeutic communication -- Interprofessional and intraprofessional communication -- Communicating as a professional nurse -- Introducing yourself to other health professionals -- Introducing yourself to patients and families -- First name basis? -- Diversity and its impact on clinical communication -- Receptive communication -- Expressive communication -- Written communication -- Cultural and professional issues -- Using professional language -- Your voice in the clinical environment -- Documentation and legal issues -- Patient handover -- Electronic documentation in healthcare -- Information and communication technology in healthcare and in education -- Telephones and the internet -- Telephone guidelines -- Use of social media -- Self-disclosure.

Receiving and providing effective feedback -- Feedback on student performance -- Providing feedback on your placement experience -- References -- Glossary -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.

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