Nursing Mentor Reflection Paper - 1714 Words

Purpose of this assignment is to critically evaluate and analyse the role of a mentor which took place as a part of virtual student placement within a hospital setting. Mentor is someone who is a registered nurse and who can assess and help the students with their learning process in a practical area, Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC, 2006). According to Bulman and Schutz (2013), reflection is an important part of the development of nursing skills and knowledge. In this essay I am using Chris as a virtual student as per the NMC code(2015), confidentiality maintained and all identifying information removed. The nursing and midwifery council describe a mentor as a person who helps the students to learn and assess them throughout their†¦show more content†¦It also says that a mentor has to be approachable, patient, flexible, and accessible, have thorough knowledge and good sense of humour for being effective mentor. Mentors are expected to be calm and adaptable which makes them a good leader too. According to Hodges (2009), the relationship of the mentor and student has to be based on the trust. A mentor should also discuss all the problems and issues with the student and expected to give a feedback. Winterman et al., (2014) also says that mentoring experience must be based on planned learning activities and it has be in a clinical set up as it has to have an equal weighing on theory and practical. It is also necessary that they present the information to student in an easy and simple way, so that they can understand it. Every student is different and the mentor has to understand and adapt the learning style of them to facilitate the individual learning. As per Walsh (2010), different learning styles must be included. It is said that students will learn more if the teaching is addressed on individual needs and based on their ability with a humanistic approach (Hinchliff 2009). 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