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A paper which looks in detail at mentoring in nursing, with specific reference to assessment and the importance of feedback and interdepartmental communication. Bibliography lists 4 sources
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can see that assessment is an essential element, especially with regard to feedback and personal reflection. Vance and Olsen (1998), for example, see mentoring as a long-term relationship which encompasses
development and empowerment for the student, in a context of mutual learning and support: clearly, therefore, continuous assessment is necessary for such learning to take place.
Sherwin (2005) notes that although mentoring has been traditionally associated with the business world, and with supporting and guiding male trainees, it is a concept which is particularly suited
to the more female environment of nursing, because of its aim of furthering professional development within a supportive and nurturing context. Joel (1997) stresses that mentoring is an interactive process:
not only does reflection and assessment allow the student to increase her knowledge and expertise, but the mentor, in the course of formulating assessments, is also able to benefit from
the new ideas and perspectives which the student contributes. Assessment in mentoring plays an important part in reflection, since the feedback from the
mentor lets the student adopt a more objective viewpoint: this is beneficial when one is looking critically at actions and motivations. Hill et el (2005) look in some detail at
the importance of taking assessment from a number of different, relevant perspectives. For example, mentors who are conscious that their students are not doing as well as expected may be
torn between the need for objectivity in assessment, and the need to be supportive to the student. As Hall et al point out, sometimes the student is simply going through
a difficult phase in their training and will respond negatively to a critical assessment: in other cases, she is genuinely not coping with the requirements of the course and the
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