Mentoring Matters- A model of support for sign off mentors

NIPEC: 2012 The Future is NOWCelebrating 10 Years in Practice, Education and Professional Development

Mentoring Matters- A model of support for sign off mentors

Practice Category

Dawn Ferguson, Carol McCorryPractice Education Team

NIPEC: 2012 The Future is NOW 10th October 2012

NIPEC Resource

Practice category-protecting the public.

Infrastructure to support the implementation of the NMC Standards to support learning and assessment in practice (2008)




Olympians…

• Strives for excellence

• Hard working

• Motivated

• Committed

Our Mentors


Aim of the project

To provide support, information and supervision to those sign off mentors who were supporting final placement students

To ensure continued public protection


Methodology

• Stakeholder engagement

• Development of a model of support

• Selection process

• Pilot implementation


Evaluation (Kirkpatrick, 2006)

Level 1 - Reaction to model of support

• Sign off Mentors

• Heads of Service/Ward Sisters/Charge Nurses

• Approved Educational Institution Colleagues

• Practice Education Team


Level 2 - Learning from the model of support

What our sign off mentors told us….

Recognised my own level of knowledge

Shared learning and problem solving with other mentors

These sessions helped me be better prepared for the student

Greater insight into my own responsibilities


Level 3 - How has the model of support changed behaviours

• Willingness to share learning • Increased awareness of the role of the sign off

mentor• Earlier identification of student support issues • Increased engagement with sign off mentors• Increased and continued support from key

stakeholders


Level 4 - Results• Increased recognition and focus on the mentor role

• Increased number of supervisions

• Increased evidence of issues in relation to student performance being identified

• Increased awareness of the infrastructure to support the standards

Patient safety - Protection of the public


Recommendations

• Model of support for sign off mentors is being extended to include all fields of nursing

• Development of support for mentors

• Review and adapt the model to meet service need

• Continued robust evaluation


Thank you for listening

“Effective and well supported mentors improves our chances of making sure the right

people get on to the register- It’s as fundamental as that..” (NMC 2010)

Team Mentors

Team Mentors


For further information contact [email protected] [email protected] number: 02838833346

References:

Kirkpatrick, D. & Kirkpatrick, J. (2006) Evaluating training programmes. 3rd edition. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler.

Nursing & Midwifery Council (2008) Standards to Support Learning & Assessment in Practice. London: NMC

Nursing & Midwifery Council (2010) Winter Update. London: NMC

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Mentoring Matters- A model of support for sign off mentors