Here are a few interview tips that I have shared with my students that are applying for practice nursing roles.

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Things to get familiar with for all nursing interviews are:
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ILLNESS SCRIPTS

Illness scripts are an important part of learning to formulate differential diagnoses. I have shared my illness scripts for fellow Advanced Clinical Practice students from the following resources:

CLINICAL KNOWLEDGE SUMMARIES

ZERO TO FINALS

NICE

You can use these to help you learn …

Being a mentor in general practice can be intense. Supporting students to achieve their competencies is entirely possible but will take more than shadowing the practice nurse.

Example resources

Here you find some example resources that I have used to make students feel welcome and to facilitate …

Practice nursing is a flexible role. No night shifts… Maybe even no weekends! The varied caseload and autonomous nature make it attractive to newly qualified and experienced nurses alike. A quick search on NHS Jobs will show that there is an abundance of positions available as experienced …

Or should I say what doesn’t a GPN do?

General Practice Nurses take on a lot more responsibility for the day to day running of their work environment than perhaps a band 6 ward nurse might.

Working in general practice as nurse is a multifaceted role. It involves direct patient care and the …

Here are some things that I am doing or planning on doing in the practice as lockdown eases… Just suggestions to bring up with the wider team and of course, be mindful of the guidelines created by your CCG/ GP Care Group/ Federation/ Primary Care Networ

1. Reassure parents you are doing everything …

One way to encourage vaccination uptake is to do a flu poster competition

At the time of writing, footfall is reduced in General Practice and we can’t put pens and pencils out in waiting room anymore. However, you could upload templates to your practice website to be printed off at home! Let …

Many of us will be wondering how to organise a socially distanced flu clinic. Here are some COVID specific and more general tips based on the ideas we have had in our practice.

Just suggestions to bring up with the wider team and of course, be mindful of the guidelines created by your CCG/ GP Care …