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 practise of student nurses at the point of registration, and the move to graduate pre-registration programmes from 2011, require new approaches to placement learning and mentoring the nurse of the future.
This book offers clear practical advice on how to acquire and develop mentorship skills to support degree-level nursing students. It encourages the mentor′s continued development during and after their mentor training, and covers the skills required from novice mentorship through to sign-off mentorship.
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.