A handy, pocket-sized guide designed to make placements more enjoyable and less stressful for children's nursing students.

Children’s nursing placements can be daunting – you’ll be working in a variety of settings and caring for a range of children and their families when they are at their most vulnerable. You will have new colleagues to work with, and newly learned nursing theory to put into practice. This pocket guide is designed to make your placements much more enjoyable and less stressful.

From absence policy to paediatric early warning scores, via faeces, it’s full of practical detail, hints and tips.

• Written by experienced lecturers with top tips provided by current nursing students – this guidance is really produced with you in mind.
• Pocket-sized format – carry it with you at all times.
• Space to make your own notes – be it uniform policy, new terminology, or just the names of your new colleagues!

Reduce your stress and make the most of your placement by having this book to hand from the start.

Pocket Guides is a series of handy, pocket-sized books designed to help students make the most of their practice learning experiences.

Great book!
‘This is a very handy cute book for a first year student going to placement. It is really handy when learning to write shift evaluation and got very useful and common nursing terminologies as well as good advice to take with before starting your placement! It’s amazing how nicely it can fit on you nursing uniform pocket! Thank you!’
Amazon reviewer

Great buy!
‘Excellent little booklet with some great information and tips on starting placement for children's nursing. Recommended to anyone about to start.’
Amazon reviewer

Valerie is a Registered Children's Nurse and Registered Nurse Teacher, with a clinical background in children's high dependency nursing and children's clinical trials. Valerie joined the University of Central Lancashire in 2016 as a lecturer in the School of Nursing, gaining a Post Graduate Certificate with Distinction in Health and Social Care Education in 2019. Valerie is currently working as a Student Coach, helping students to get the most out of their time at the university. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Julia Robinson is a Registered Adult Nurse, a Registered Children’s Nurse and a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse. She holds a Bachelor of Nursing degree (BN Hons) and is a non-medical prescriber. Julia has a clinical background in children’s surgical nursing and health visiting. She has also worked with the United Nations (UNHCR) as a volunteer nurse caring for Myanmar refugees in Malaysia. Julia joined the University of Central Lancashire in 2016 as a lecturer in children’s nursing and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.