Helen Jones

Please practise what you preach about eating well: Good nutrition is vital for nursing staff too, says Helen Jones

During a lecture on nutrition, I asked my nursing students to write down what they had eaten that day. One had eaten a bag of crisps and a chocolate bar for breakfast.

Hurdles to understanding: Helen Jones and Ronnie Meechan suggest ways of removing obstacles between students and learning

There is often a student in a cohort who could be described as a learning resistor. Such students are often unsure about their ability, try too hard and learn by rote instead of truly understanding the subject.

Student - The value of reflection: Helen Jones offers some advice on how students can learn to cope with the fallout of clinical events

In many professional disciplines, including nursing, reflection has become an important feature of education programmes. Several reflective models are advocated by nurse academics.