by Katie Anderson RCN FHEA

Welcome to nursing! New Notes on Nursing Student Health and Wellbeing: How to Thrive During Your Nursing Programme is part of the New Notes on Nursing series, a series created especially for you, the nursing student, at the start of your nursing journey.

This volume in the New Notes series focuses on helping you recognize the importance of your own health and wellbeing during your training. Topics include mental wellbeing, stress management, self-care practices, burnout, sleep hygiene, nutrition, emotional intelligence, financial aspects, personal growth and career development, cultivating and maintaining relationships and connections, and mindfulness―all designed to equip you to maintain a healthy work-life balance throughout your nursing education.

With New Notes to hand, you will be guided by experts: advice tailored especially for you, from practising nurses, academics, and nursing students themselves ― people who have been through this journey too. Using storytelling, insights, and invaluable advice, they will steer you through the key elements of your clinical placement experience and ensure it is a success. From the first steps in your nursing journey to your final year and beyond, New Notes on Student Health and Wellbeing is your essential guide.

The New Notes on Nursing series presents key topics in a highly accessible way without making assumptions about your existing knowledge. Concise volumes cover critical and emerging areas that include successful studying, professionalism, models of care, student wellbeing, and more. The aim is to make content engaging and easy to absorb, focusing just on what is essential for success in your course. Using a relaxed writing style and an all-new design, these unique books provide personal guidance from experts and students alike. So, when you are in a hurry and need a study companion you can trust, reach for New Notes on Nursing!

Series Features:

Case studies and storytelling approaches help link theory to practice

Graphics, icons and mind maps enhance the text and aid visual learners

Written to show how specific knowledge relates to wider concepts

Learning is presented in small, self-contained sections for quick location and digestion

Terms and concepts are explained using simple language

Content is clearly mapped to NMC standards