Do’s – Knowledge & Skills
- What if I don’t know the answer to a nurse’s or vet’s question?
- Nursing is about problem solving. If you don’t know the answer, or ‘haven’t been taught that yet’, then try to work out what you can from first principles
- Try not to worry about it. Questions help nurses and vets to work out what you know, and where you are in your learning
- Tips from students and staff:
“I would say “I’m afraid I don’t know, I obviously need to work on that! I will look it up tonight and if you’ve got time, could we discuss it again tomorrow?”
“Five freedoms are useful to remember when nursing a patient, as well as using a model of nursing care for assessing the patients needs. Also, relate it back to anatomy and physiology – why is the patient not eating?”
