The Use of Phenomenological Approach in Evaluating Mentorship Preparation Program in South East Scotland

Neades, Barbara L.; Lawson, Bill; Watson, Wendy; Montgomery, Shona

Abstract

The Nursing and Midwifery Council for the United Kingdom highlighted the importance of the role of the mentor in the development of competence in student nurses and midwives. Veronica Lambert and Margaret Glacken, as well as Zoe Wilkes, suggested that mentors were fundamental to the students’ smooth entry to the practice environment and clinical learning experience. Furthermore, the Nursing and Midwifery Council Standards for Learning and Assessment in Practice identified the requirement by all providers of clinical education experiences for student nurses and midwives to establish local registers of appropriately prepared mentors in practice, together with the development of a new preparation program for mentors. In 2013, the mentorship team within Edinburgh Napier University, which provides the Nursing and Midwifery Council–accredited Mentorship in Practice Preparation

Citation

Neades, B. L., Lawson, B., Watson, W., & Montgomery, S. (2017). The Use of Phenomenological Approach in Evaluating Mentorship Preparation Program in South East Scotland. Sage Research Methods Cases, https://doi.org/10.4135/9781473970663

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jan 30, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Jan 30, 2017
• Publication Date: 2017
• Deposit Date: May 12, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: May 30, 2017
• Journal: SAGE Research Methods
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• ISBN: 9781473970663
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4135/9781473970663
• Keywords: Mentors, mentoring,
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/829728