Summary
Contents
Subject index
This book is an essential guide to mentorship in health and social care. The chapters focus specifically on the eight Nursing and Midwifery Council domains for the preparation and training of mentors. A rich range of real-life case studies are included in every chapter, to demonstrate the challenges and dilemmas of mentoring in practice. The chapters cover a range of settings, including community nursing, school nursing, acute care, social work and biomedical science.
Concluding Thoughts: Case Study
Concluding Thoughts: Case Study
When we first decided to write this book we both believed we appreciated the skill, imagination and commitment required by health and social care professionals to mentor successfully. In the research, discussions and reflections that have taken place over the course of completing this work we have realised how easy it is to underestimate and undervalue the work of mentors. What has struck us time and again is the complexity of the skills, values and knowledge required to do the job well, a job that more often than not is an ‘add on’ to the already complex professional role of the health and social care practitioner. When we consider that this role is being undertaken ...
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