Starting a nursing degree is exciting … but can also be overwhelming.

So, where do you start? How can you prepare for academic study? What books should you buy (if any … yet) - and what are the best shoes to walk the wards in?

This episode of the Nursing Standard podcast answers all these questions and more on how to navigate those first weeks, months and year of a nursing course.

Our guests Lin Fidgin, a third year adult nursing student at Teeside University, and Louise Hyett-Collins, who is in her second year of her adult nursing course at University of the Highlands and Islands, give the lowdown on what they wish they’d known before starting out.

They explain the importance of being curious and talk about the best social media accounts to follow and how to build a supportive network. The students also give advice on time management and speak about the importance of being kind to yourself.

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