Abstract
Mentors play a pivotal role in assessing and supporting nursing students. This can be rewarding but stressful. With increasing numbers of students requiring clinical placements, ward mentors are becoming overloaded. This article examines a new method of supporting senior nursing students in placement while alleviating the pressures on overworked mentors. It recommends the use of specialist nurses to support pre-registration students through a structured learning pathway. The scheme also opens up new areas for clinical allocations. This is a summary: the full paper can be accessed at nursingtimes.net.Citation
Whitehead, B, & Bailey, E 2006, 'Using specialist nurse mentors to boost placement capacity', Nursing Times, 48, p. 30Publisher
Macmillan Publishing Ltd.Journal
Nursing TimesPubMed ID
17193776Additional Links
http://www.nursingtimes.net/Type
ArticleLanguage
enSeries/Report no.
Vol 102Issue 48
ISSN
0954-7762Collections
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