Sustaining And Assuring The Quality Of Student Nurse Mentorship: What Are The Challenges? – National Nursing Research Unit (NNRU)
Providing mentorship to nursing students is the cornerstone of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
education standards, which ensure nurses are fit for practice at the point of registration
- Assuring the quality of mentorship is a concern to the higher education and healthcare providers who share responsibility for it, particularly at a time when nursing competence is much in the public eye
- Drawing on NNRU research, this Policy Plus focuses on perspectives of HEI and service personnel on sustaining and assuring the quality of mentorship within a difficult economic climate and at a time of debate about its future direction