Nursing Tutoring

Who nursing tutoring is for

Tutoring is for students who want to understand their subject properly and get better at doing the work themselves. It suits:

• Pre-registration nursing students in adult, child, mental health or learning disability fields
• Students linking placement experience to theory in reflections and care plans
• Top-up degree and postgraduate nursing students
• Nursing students starting a literature review or dissertation
• Internationally educated nurses and students studying in English as a second language

How sessions work

Tutoring takes place online, one-to-one, so you can join from wherever you study. After you get in touch by WhatsApp or email, we will ask about your course, the topic you want to work on, and a time that suits you. You can send notes, a placement reflection, a care plan, or a draft you have written, so the session can be planned around your needs.

A typical session is a structured conversation. Your tutor will help you unpack the question or learning outcome, talk through the relevant theory or clinical concept, and work with you on how to apply that thinking to your own case or assignment brief. You are encouraged to ask questions and practise explaining ideas in your own words. At the end of the session you should leave with a clearer plan for your independent study, such as a reading order, a structure for a reflection or essay, or points to develop in your own writing.

Sessions can be booked as a single appointment or as a short series if you want ongoing support through a module, a placement-related piece of work, or a dissertation.

What to send before your first session

The more we know before the session, the more useful it will be. When you get in touch, please include:

• Your course, year and university, so the tutor can match the level
• The module name and the learning outcomes or brief you are working on
• Lecture notes, a reading list or the marking criteria, if you have them
• Any draft, reflection or care plan you have written yourself, if you want feedback on it
• Your deadline, so we can plan the right number of sessions

Subjects covered

Nursing tutoring can support undergraduate and postgraduate study, including dissertations. Topics can include:

• Evidence-based practice
• Care plans and reflective models such as Gibbs
• Pathophysiology
• Pharmacology
• Research appraisal
• The NMC Code and professional values
• Dissertation research skills

If your module sits close to these areas, say so when you book and we will confirm whether we can help.

Study skills

Many students do not struggle with effort. They struggle with method: how to read a research paper, how to use a reflective model without it becoming a box-ticking exercise, how to link theory to practice, or how to move from notes to a clear academic argument. Tutoring can focus on these study skills as well as on the substance of the topic.

That may include help with academic reading and note-taking, using evidence to support a point, planning an essay, care plan, or reflection, referencing, or preparing for a presentation or viva. The aim is that you leave able to use these methods on your own.

Feedback on your own drafts

If you have already written a draft, you can bring it to a session for feedback. The draft must be your own work. Feedback may cover structure, clarity, use of evidence, whether the learning outcomes have been addressed, and where the discussion needs more development. We will talk you through the comments so that you can revise the work yourself.

We will not rewrite your draft for you, and we will not produce a replacement version for submission. The purpose of feedback is to help you see what to improve and how to improve it.

Editing and proofreading

We can also provide editing and proofreading support that keeps the work your own. This means help with grammar, spelling, punctuation, sentence clarity, consistency of terminology, and the presentation of references. It does not mean adding new clinical or academic analysis, inserting sources you have not read, or changing the argument so that it is no longer yours.

You remain the author of the work you submit. You are responsible for checking your university's rules on third-party support and for making sure that any help you receive is allowed.