title: Implementation of 'sign-off' mentorship: different perspectives.
abstract: Students who entered nurse training from September 2007 onwards are required to have a sign-off mentor (SOM) in their final clinical placement. The sign-off mentor is responsible for confirming to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) that a student nurse has met all the requirements of pre-registration clinical assessment and can be registered as a nurse. This became mandatory in September 2010, and this article describes how one acute NHS foundation Trust implemented and managed this process, with contributions from practice education facilitators, an SOM and a student.
authors: Lancashire Teaching Hosital NHS Trust.
authors: Mandy
authors: M
authors: Barker
authors: Lewis
authors: L
authors: Blacow
authors: Stella
authors: S
authors: Cosgrove
authors: Nigel
authors: N
authors: Howorth
authors: Gordon
authors: G
authors: Jackson
authors: Jacqueline
authors: J
authors: McMahon
mesh_terms: D004518:Education, Professional, Retraining / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D006801:Humans; D008611:Mentors; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D013192:Staff Development / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom