Successful Mentoring in Nursing

A concise and practical guide to becoming a nursing mentor

List 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

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.

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Aston, Elizabeth Hallam Aston, Liz Aston, Liz Hallam Aston, Aston Elizabeth, Paula Hallam, Hallam Paula
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.01.2014
• EAN: 9781446275009
• ISBN: 978-1-4462-7500-9
• No. of pages: 152
• Series: Post-Registration Nursing Education and Practice LM Series; Post-Registration Nursing Educ; Post-Registration Nursing Educ; Post-Registration Nursing Education and Practice LM Series
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Nursing, MEDICAL / Nursing / General, mentor;practice learning;mentorship;nursing