Implementation of 'sign-off' mentorship: different perspectives
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Published on: April 29, 2007
Mandy Barker1, Lewis Blacow, Stella Cosgrove
1Lancashire Teaching Hosital NHS Trust.
Abstract:
Students who entered nurse training from September 2007 onwards are required to have a sign-off mentor (SOM) in their final clinical placement. The sign-off mentor is responsible for confirming to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) that a student nurse has met all the requirements of pre-registration clinical assessment and can be registered as a nurse. This became mandatory in September 2010, and this article describes how one acute NHS foundation Trust implemented and managed this process, with contributions from practice education facilitators, an SOM and a student.
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