The role of the mentor in supporting new students to integrate into the practice setting and establish effective working relationships within the inter-professional team is key to nursing practice as students need to be supported in a way that will help them to flourish and reach their full potential. In this article, a winner of the JCN writing Awards, Mary Goode critically analyses the role of the mentor and explores how such a role can ‘make or break’ a student’s placement.
Mary Louise Goode, Community Nurse, Elstree Way Clinic, Borehamwood, Herts.
In the first of two articles Fiona Roscoe gives an overview of the development of the nurse partner in general practice role.
Fiona Roscoe RN, DN, ANP, MSc, Pgdip, BSc(Hons) Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Sett Valley Medical Centre, New Mills & Derbyshire Health United Out of Hours Service
Article accepted for publication: September 2011
Donna Hicks Myers describes her experiences of community nursing in Kenya.
Lesley Vernon discusses the need to improve the quality of services aimed to promote sexual & reproductive health for people with learning difficulties.
Coleen Gradwell & Anna Reeves look at the issue of networking & communication when managing patients with leg ulcers.
Philip Burnard explores students perceptions of the personal qualities expected of a counsellor.
Dr. Philip Burnard examines the notions of spirituality and sexuality within the nursing domain.
Phil Ratcliffe argues that far from strengthening the position of carers in society, the Carers Act (1995) further endorses the patriarchal oppression of women in the UK.
