title: A collaborative approach to support trainee sign-off mentors.
abstract: Supervising student practitioners remains an important part of the work of registered nurses, midwives and specialist community practitioners. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) introduced sign-off mentors in 2006. Sign-off mentors are required to make decisions about whether a final placement student has achieved the required standards of proficiency for entry to the NMC register. Existing, experienced mentors who wish to become sign-off mentors must be supervised signing off final placement students on NMC-approved courses on at least three occasions by a practitioner with existing sign-off mentor status. This article describes a collaborative citywide approach to the preparation and support of sign-off mentors in Leeds.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Leeds Metropolitan University. d.e.casey@leedsmet.ac.uk
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Casey
authors.forename: Liz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Clark
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008611:Mentors; D013338:Students, Nursing