Successful Mentoring in Nursing / Edition 2

by Elizabeth Aston, Paula Hallam

Overview

Organised around the NMC mentoring domains and the Knowledge and Skills Framework, the second edition of this book offers clear practical advice on how to acquire and develop mentorship skills to support degree-level nursing students. Now including a companion website containing extra activities and case studies, links to relevant documents and an annotated guide to interesting web resources on mentoring.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781446275016
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	02/06/2014
Series:	Post-Registration Nursing Education and Practice LM Series
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	152
Product dimensions:	6.60(w) x 9.40(h) x 0.40(d)

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 such a valuable guide with references to nurse education and models of learning and teaching. The book also advises the mentor when things go wrong or when a particularly challenging student is placed in the mentors work area.The fact that it is well written by academics within nurse education ensures this is a well grounded achievable book to follow.The case studies well extremely real and thought provoking.This book is a must for both the novice and experienced mentor...

Jane Brown