Starting out - My cheerful attitude upset an anxious pre-op patient
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Starting out - My cheerful attitude upset an anxious pre-op patient

Ria Andrews Nursing student, Anglia Ruskin University

Student experiences in the real world of nursing

It was my second clinical placement and I was working on a surgical ward when I was asked to accompany a patient to theatre.

Nursing Standard. 24, 11, 27-27. doi: 10.7748/ns.24.11.27.s29

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