The practitioner as assessor / Sue Howard, Anne Eaton ; foreword by Roswyn Hakesley Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Howard, Sue.

Contributor:

Eaton, Anne.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nursing assessment--Great Britain.

Nursing assessment.

Nursing--Great Britain.

Nursing.

Great Britain.

Nursing Audit--methods.

United Kingdom.

Medical Subjects:

Nursing Audit--methods.

United Kingdom.

Nursing.

Physical Description:

x, 136 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh ; New York : Baillière Tindall, 2003.

Summary:

Assessment of practice is the key to providing quality of care. This text demystifies the process and is an essential resource for any practitioner involved in the assessment of students of nursing in practice and health care assistants doing S/NVQs in Care. The process is equally valid for other allied health professions. This highly practical guide to the underlying principles of assessment and mentorship focuses on outcomes and competencies as a method of ensuring fitness for practice. Exercises are included that allow readers to consolidate their understanding of the assessment process.

Contents:

1 National nursing strategies and their impact on practice 1

2 The move to a competency based curriculum: 'Fitness for practice' 19

3 Assessment in practice 37

4 Assessment: Scottish and National Vocational Qualifications and National Occupational Standards 63

5 Assessment: nursing programmes 95

6 Assessment: building on what you already know

AP(E)L 111.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0702026603

OCLC:

51258353