Demonstrate effective verbal, non-verbal communication and interpersonal skills in engaging with the learner and others involved in the care and act as a positive role model.

Choose one example from your practice on this placement to demonstrate how you practice within the NMC Code of Conduct (ensure confidentiality is maintained). For each placement, select a different section of The Code to reflect on.

Guidelines

The student will be given the opportunity to supervise and teach a junior learner/colleague in practice and provide a written reflection on this experience. This needs to be based on the delivery of direct person-centred care. Professionalism underpins all aspects of the student’s performance.

The aim of this assessment is to demonstrate the student’s progression in the following five platforms within the Future Nurse: Standards of proficiency (including skills from annexe A and B) (NMC 2018) in the context of their intended field(s) of practice:
Assessing needs and planning care
Providing and evaluating care
Improving safety and quality of care
Leading nursing care and working in team
Coordinating care

Effective communication and relationship management skills underpin all aspects of care (Annex A)
Students are required to use appropriate approaches and techniques considering the person’s motivation, capacity and need for reasonable adjustment applying understanding of mental capacity and health legislation as appropriate.

Learning outcomes

The student is able to:

Supervise and teach less experienced students and colleagues, appraising the quality of the nursing care they provide, documenting performance, promoting reflection and providing constructive feedback.

Demonstrate an understanding of the factors that both facilitate and impede learning in practice.

Demonstrate leadership potential in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care.

Apply the appropriate knowledge and skills in appraising the quality of the nursing care provided by the junior learner colleague.

Demonstrate effective verbal, non-verbal communication and interpersonal skills in engaging with the learner and others involved in the care and act as a positive role model.

Critically reflect on their own role and the role of the nurse in the supervision, facilitation and evaluation of learning for the whole team.

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