Student Practice Supervision and Assessment: A Guide for NMC Nurses and Midwives

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Supporting students poses a significant challenge for nurses and midwives in today’s practice. Recent concerns over the fitness to practice of students at the point of registration requires new approaches to practice learning, and the supervision and assessment of future practitioners.

Based around the NMC′s Standards for Student Supervision and Assessment (2018), this book offers clear, practical advice on how to acquire and develop the knowledge and skills required to supervise and assess a range of students in practice. It explores challenging issues, such as learners in difficulty, and considers how to develop resilience and wellbeing from the perspective of both the student and the supervisor and assessor.

Dr Jo Lidster is Principle Lecturer in the Department of Nursing and Midwifery at Sheffield Hallam University. Jo leads on learning, teaching and assessment developments for the department as well as supporting placement learning initiatives. She has had a number of key roles including leading research and innovation and research informed teaching developments as well as course leader roles. Jo is an adult nurse and prior to working in education she worked in and managed acute and critical care settings. She teaches a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the areas of research methods and evidence-based practice, healthcare education and supporting learnings in practice. Jo’s research interests including supporting practice areas with new ways of working.

Susan Wakefield is Head of the Department of Nursing and Midwifery at Sheffield Hallam University. She is responsible for the department’s postgraduate and international portfolio. This includes working closely with stakeholders and practice partners to develop a quality learning experience. During her time in higher education, Susan has worked at department, faculty and university level in a number of roles. She is a mental health nurse and had a range of roles in clinical practice including research nurse, care pathways coordinator and community mental health nurse. She teaches research methods and evidence-based practice and supervisors postgraduate students.