According to NMC(2008), Mentor is a registered nurse who has attained the standard to support learning and assessment in practice (8 domains of SLAIP standards) criteria and again NMC,(2008) recognizes standards for mentors as they should complete mentoring or equivalent course, and should have 12 months post registration experience and have developed their professional skills beyond registration, and should be experienced in a similar area of practice as the student they are to assess. More names like mentor, preceptor, coach, practice and academic assessor, clinical supervisor, practice teacher, link lecturer, protege, and so on are used simultaneously. I quote, the Department of Health(DH),(2010) definition of a preceptor who is a registrant practitioner who has been given a formal responsibility to support a newly registered practitioner through preceptorship. However, coaching comprises goal-oriented instruction and support in order to bring off the certain skills of an individual learner in the clinical area. This is beneficial when students fa
il to attain certain learning outcomes to focus on a particular skill (Charlisle et al, 2009). Hodgson and Scanlan(2013), asserts that mentoring has an enormous effect on staff continuing their workplace, and carrier gratification which in turn positively impact mentors, mentee, departments, organizations, and eventually patients’ safety. In this reflective journal, I use the word mentor which facilitates learning, supervising, and assessing the students during their practice placements and I repeat the word mentee or student who is being mentored. UKCC(1999) suggests mentors are in great demand for students to acquire practical skills and to link between theory and practice thereby, students can be fit for practice to enhance public safety similarly NMC(2006) states mentor is a pre-requisite for pre-registration of nursing and midwifery students and mentors are liable to NMC for their action taken for students and they have to make sure that student nurses are fit to practice and met all preregistration criteria before they are registered with NMC.