Skills to ensure success in mentoring and other workplace learning approaches.
This article highlights approaches to facilitating and supporting learning in the workplace, whether for students or nurses, and considers the skills needed by the people responsible for offering that support. It outlines common roles--including mentor, coach and supervisor--and explores how they fit into different contexts from preregistration education, newly qualified nurse support to ongoing staff leadership and development It also discusses how nurses can make use of different learning strategies in their everyday practice, whether they are students or have years of experience.
Nash
Sue
S
Action Learning Teams Consultancy, Bournemouth. suenash@actionlearningteams.co.uk
Scammel
Janet
J
D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008611:Mentors; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education*; D013192:Staff Development / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017132:Workplace