How to Succeed in Nursing Assessments

Throughout your nursing degree you will need to undertake a broad range of assessments, each requiring a different skill set in order to pass. Taking an assessment literacy approach that explains the purpose and process behind each assessment, this book offers practical tips and guidance to help you feel confident, demonstrate learning and application to practice and achieve success.
Key features: 
- Advice for a wide variety of assessments that you'll encounter during your training - from essays and oral presentations to quality improvement projects and OSCEs. 
- Case studies and activities take you through each aspect of the assessment from start to finish and allow you to practise as you learn. 
- Practical tips and guidance for success, including how to overcome exam anxiety and how to utilise and make the most of simulation. 
 

Cariona Flaherty RGN, Higher Dip, BSc (Hons), PGCHE, FHEA, is a senior lecturer in adult nursing and programme leader for Nursing Associates at Middlesex University. Cariona is a specialist trained critical care nurse, who has extensive senior clinical and critical care education experience. In addition to her academic role, Cariona is currently a doctoral student at Middlesex University undertaking research related to critical thinking in undergraduate nurse education.