Mentorship: Assessment and Student Essay Example
Preparation for mentorship portfolio of learning.
Introduction.
Within this assignment I aim to demonstrate achievement of the five identified learning area and the ensuing ability to use these to act as an effective mentor and role model for nursing students within my clinical area. In order for me to show my capability in applying the theories to practice I am going to use the Gibb cycle of reflection as stated in beginning reflective practice (jasper 2003), I feel that this will help me further understand and enhance my knowledge and theory behind the clinical practice I currently undertake and how to keep improving this with each new student nurse I come to work with in the future.
The concept of mentorship dates back to the Greek mythology when mentor, a friend of Odysseus was asked by the king to guide and advise his son while away fighting in the Trojan war (Carroll 2004). Within nursing there was research conducted by Lorentzon and Brown (2003) showing that Florence Nightingale may have been one of the first nursing mentors known with Florence having a mentor styled relationship with a fellow nurse Rachel Williams who was working at the time in St Mary’s hospital in Paddington. I feel that it is important to know where mentorship started with in the nursing profession so that we can see how the nature of mentorship and nursing have progressed and will continue to progress for years to come.
Assist students in practice to identify their current learning needs
Upon my students arrival I used my interpersonal skills to introduce myself to him and explain that I would be his mentor for the next 10 weeks. Due to working in a community setting there are always people coming in and out of the office, so until I was able to get a quite room for us to sit down in, I showed him around the building going through the safety regulations that he would need to know should anything happen ie: fire alarm, attack alarm, I also gave him a student orientation pack
Introduction.
Within this assignment I aim to demonstrate achievement of the five identified learning area and the ensuing ability to use these to act as an effective mentor and role model for nursing students within my clinical area. In order for me to show my capability in applying the theories to practice I am going to use the Gibb cycle of reflection as stated in beginning reflective practice (jasper 2003), I feel that this will help me further understand and enhance my knowledge and theory behind the clinical practice I currently undertake and how to keep improving this with each new student nurse I come to work with in the future.
The concept of mentorship dates back to the Greek mythology when mentor, a friend of Odysseus was asked by the king to guide and advise his son while away fighting in the Trojan war (Carroll 2004). Within nursing there was research conducted by Lorentzon and Brown (2003) showing that Florence Nightingale may have been one of the first nursing mentors known with Florence having a mentor styled relationship with a fellow nurse Rachel Williams who was working at the time in St Mary’s hospital in Paddington. I feel that it is important to know where mentorship started with in the nursing profession so that we can see how the nature of mentorship and nursing have progressed and will continue to progress for years to come.
Assist students in practice to identify their current learning needs
Upon my students arrival I used my interpersonal skills to introduce myself to him and explain that I would be his mentor for the next 10 weeks. Due to working in a community setting there are always people coming in and out of the office, so until I was able to get a quite room for us to sit down in, I showed him around the building going through the safety regulations that he would need to know should anything happen ie: fire alarm, attack alarm, I also gave him a student orientation pack