An Analysis of Mentoring in Nursing Leadership
The purpose of this assignment is to identify, examine and critically reflect on the professional relationships within the learning environment. The role of the mentor and student will be identified and discussed. Role modelling will be defined and importance of a good mentor role model will be discussed. The learning environment will be explored and different learning approaches that can be used within the student mentor relationship will be examined.
The author is currently undertaking post graduate course in mentorship to develop their knowledge and skills in mentorship. The author is currently working as a community staff nurse visiting patients within their own homes and has worked alongside students since qualifying as an adult nurse five years ago. Since qualifying as an adult nurse the author has showed an interest in developing their mentoring skills.
A reflection will be completed on a personal experience of mentoring a student within the community environment using the Gibbs reflection cycle (Johns, 2009). The learning environment will be discussed and how the learning experience was managed will be reflected upon. Whilst all nurses can mentor those with less experience than themselves, this essay will focus on the student nurse mentor experience (Loads, 2006).
For the purpose of this assignment pseudonyms will be used to ensure confidentiality is maintained in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) (NMC, 2008).
The term mentor comes from the Greek Mythology however mentoring originated from the stone age when people would pass on their own knowledge to teach others in order for skills to be passed on through generations (Killgallon and Thompson, 2012; Grossman, 2007).
The NMC (2008a) identifies that nurses have a duty to facilitate students learning in order for them to develop and complete competencies. However, from personal experience as a student it can be identified that some nurses on the professional
The author is currently undertaking post graduate course in mentorship to develop their knowledge and skills in mentorship. The author is currently working as a community staff nurse visiting patients within their own homes and has worked alongside students since qualifying as an adult nurse five years ago. Since qualifying as an adult nurse the author has showed an interest in developing their mentoring skills.
A reflection will be completed on a personal experience of mentoring a student within the community environment using the Gibbs reflection cycle (Johns, 2009). The learning environment will be discussed and how the learning experience was managed will be reflected upon. Whilst all nurses can mentor those with less experience than themselves, this essay will focus on the student nurse mentor experience (Loads, 2006).
For the purpose of this assignment pseudonyms will be used to ensure confidentiality is maintained in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) (NMC, 2008).
The term mentor comes from the Greek Mythology however mentoring originated from the stone age when people would pass on their own knowledge to teach others in order for skills to be passed on through generations (Killgallon and Thompson, 2012; Grossman, 2007).
The NMC (2008a) identifies that nurses have a duty to facilitate students learning in order for them to develop and complete competencies. However, from personal experience as a student it can be identified that some nurses on the professional
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