7 tips on preparing for a clinical placement
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7 tips on preparing for a clinical placement

Lynne Pearce Health journalist

Practical advice on how to prepare yourself for the steep learning curve you’ll experience, whatever the practice setting

Whether it is your first or final clinical placement, day one often feels daunting. Anxieties range from the personal: will the team like me?; to the professional: will I be able to learn everything I need to progress?

Nursing Standard. 39, 9, 53-54. doi: 10.7748/ns.39.9.53.s16

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