Successful Mentoring in Nursing

by Elizabeth Aston, Paula Hallam

Overview

Supporting students poses a significant challenge for nurse mentors and other healthcare professionals in today′s world of practice. Recent concerns over the fitness to practice of nursing students at the point of registration and the move to all-graduate pre-registration programmes require new approaches to practice learning and mentoring the nurse of the future.

The book offers clear practical advice on how to acquire and develop mentorship skills to support degree-level nursing students. It has been fully updated to include more detailed advice on what to do when a student is failing, how to approach assessment and provides more examples of mentoring in community placements.

This book is a comprehensive and affordable guide suitable for all nurses, midwives and health professionals undertaking a mentorship course to support nursing students.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781446298107
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	01/09/2014
Series:	Post-Registration Nursing Education and Practice LM Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	152
File size:	491 KB

About the Author

Liz Aston was an Associate Professor and Lead for Practice Learning in the Division of Nursing at the University of Nottingham until September 2013. Her professional interests lie in practice education and developing systems to make practice learning effective for students. In particular her focus was on the student experience, mentor support and preparation.
Paula Hallam is Lecturer and Deputy Lead for Practice Learning at the University of Nottingham. Her professional interests are focused in practice education, primarily the development and support of mentors, and clinical supervision.

Table of Contents

Introduction
The development of mentorship
Adopting a lifelong learning approach to mentoring
Preparing for students
Students at different levels in their course
Assessment of practice learning
The challenging student
Disability issues
The sign-off mentor role
Evaluating the practice learning experience

Editorial Reviews

This is a well thought through guide for a nurse mentor as a novice or requiring a refresher. The authors have researched this subject well and make no assumptions on the reader by starting at the beginning and defining what a mentor is and what constitutes a good learning environment. This book allows the reader to either use the whole book as a guide or to be able to select a specific subject or chapter to focus on. [It] is so easy to follow and is well set out and makes good and accurate reference to the nursing and midwifery council (NMC). [...] Such a valuable guide [...] is a must for both the novice and experienced mentor.

Jane Brown