The NMC Code of Conduct (2008) states that ‘We exist to safeguard the health and wellbeing of the public’. This is of vital consideration in all practice and also when approaching the challenge of teaching colleagues. The need to be accountable ‘for keeping knowledge and skills up to date through continuing professional development,’ NMC SLAIP (2008), is essential. Nursing Concepts Of Teaching & Learning Discussion Essay
Those on the registrar must keep updated and those aspiring to join the register must recognise that this is a commitment of registration. As the person providing teaching must be up to date it also implies that those being offered teaching have an obligation to attend and learn. In order for this to be successful it is important that learning takes place in an environment that allows conditions for promotion of education. It is also important to be sure that the information taught is relevant and of use, Spouse (2003) and individuals receiving training are assessed as to their understanding and competence to proceed with any skills learnt.
As I approach the ‘Slips course’ I am working on a very busy dialysis unit which is short of staff but has the advantage of the staff being experienced and working hard to maintain high standards despite great pressures of work load. The unit has recently introduced a new process of managing access with a change in the process used to cannulate the patients’ fistulas. This has come about following attending several meetings and realisation that this process is becoming the ‘gold standard’ and that we wish to provide this for our patients. The information available for this procedure is mostly reflective experiential information but I gained what I could researching and attending meetings and another unit and with the support of our consultant and manager we launched the change. I must facilitate the learning on the unit implement and evaluate it as required by the NMC standards 2008. Nursing Concepts Of Teaching & Learning Discussion Essay
The other members of staff need to have advice and encouragement to support this change and my formal teaching is to aid their knowledge to help them to feel confident with this new technique in practice. This is challenging because it is teaching a group of very experienced staff to carry out a process they are familiar with but introduce a change in current practice which they need persuading of the advantages. I believe in considering the needs and influence of the students I am ‘providing constructive support to facilitate transition’ as required by SLAIP(2008).
Looking at the Jenny Spouse (2003) comments about the mentor and the progress of the student it is important that they feel that the ‘learning is relevant and beneficial’ if they are to accept the changes and wish to accept them into practice.
‘All nurses must act as change agents and provide leadership through quality improvement and service development to enhance people’s wellbeing and experiences of healthcare.’ NMC 2010. Nursing Concepts Of Teaching & Learning Discussion Essay
Some of the staff who had been comfortable and felt skilled and knowledgeable had felt deskilled and isolated by the fact that the processes were being altered. They needed the knowledge and confidence to continue to progress and Spouse’s comments(2003) ‘in successful mentor -student partnerships student’s were able to learn from their mentor and then practice independently under their mentor’s distant supervision’ were very relevant. This was easier to manage with trained experience staff who understood the bounds of safe practice and the main need here was to impart information and allow the staff to question, feeling confident their question would be sensitively and assuredly dealt with, to raise the confidence and inspire the motivation to make this change. I have identified that in order to teach my colleagues I must establish my own abilities and how to share the knowledge with my peer group effectively. ‘Each registered nurse has a duty to provide students with clinical support to help them question, analyse, reflect upon their practice and develop autonomy in decision -making to enable them become safe, caring, competent nurses’, An BORD Altarnais(2003), this guideline offers a goal to aspire to. To achieve this and offer learning this requires consideration of learning theory and I need to think about how this information was best shared. In this I must also consider equality and diversity of any learner thinking how to be fully inclusive to see any learner with learning difficulties is aided to benefit fully from teaching offered to aim to help all achieve their full potential, NMC SLAIP (2008). Nursing Concepts Of Teaching & Learning Discussion Essay
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