1. Changes to NMC education programmes
Joanne Green Lecturer in Work Based Learning UCLan

2. NMC standards for education, 2018
Standards of proficiency for registered nurses
Standards framework for nursing and midwifery education
Standards for student supervision and assessment
Programme standards eg Standards for pre-registration nursing programmes
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NMC standards for education, 2018

3. Headlines There are now 7 platforms: Being an accountable professional
Promoting health and preventing ill health
Assessing needs and planning care
Providing and evaluating care
Leading and managing nursing care and working in teams
Improving safety and quality of care
Coordinating care

4. Headlines
Annexes
Annex A – Communication and relationship management skills
Annex B – Nursing procedures

5. Realising Professionalism: Standards for education and Training
Part 2: Standards for student supervision and assessment (NMC, 2018)

6. Headlines Mentorship is changing
Role split into practice assessors and practice supervisors
The same person cannot do both roles
Supervisors can be any registered health and social care professional
Assessors must be on the same part of the register
Practice assessors work with academic assessors to agree progression
No approved NMC training programme for assessors but preparation must be of a minimum standard

8. Model A All registrants become supervisors
All mentors and sign off mentors in a clinical area become assessors
Student works with the supervisors and their assessor in that clinical area
A practitioner could simultaneously act as a supervisor for one student and an assessor for another.
The assessor and supervisor cannot be the same for one student
For objectivity the student could be rostered with the supervisor, while the practice assessor is on another shift.

9. Model B
As A except the assessor is not on the same clinical area but based in a nearby area

10. Model C Practice supervisor – any registrant
Practice assessors – min 2 nurses identified from each placement area. May or may not be mentors currently
They are responsible for assessing all students in their areas and will act as the nominated education link person for the ward / team
Have allocated protected time as part of their job description (part clinical, part assessor)

11. Model D
All registrants and mentors become supervisors A small team in the organisation act as practice assessors for every student across the whole organisation – the team could be drawn from existing sign off mentors, practice educators or people employed specifically as assessors.

12. Any other model you have considered
Model E

13. Preparation of staff
Development of standardised course content based on Part 2 standards: Practice supervisor role Mentor to Practice assessor conversion Practice assessor course from scratch Varied delivery models
Joint HEI / team agreement
Staff resources to be prepared for use across the NW
Course design day in jan