title: Using specialist nurse mentors to boost placement capacity.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing Counselling and Psychotherapy, University of Derby.
authors.forename: Bill
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Whitehead
authors.forename: Elaine
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bailey
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008611:Mentors / Q000523:psychology; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012944:Social Support; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology; D006113:United Kingdom; D016526:Workload