Making sense of nursing portfolios : a guide for students / Fiona Timmins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Timmins, Fiona, 1967-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nursing--Vocational guidance.

Nursing.

Portfolios in education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 167 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Maidenhead : McGraw-Hill/Open University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A guide to the context of portfolio development and its importance not just to assessment but to the patient experience. It covers topics such as: learning in the context of the portfolio; the purpose of portfolios; reflection and reflective practice; competence in nursing; portfolio content; portfolio structure; and, the portfolio in operation.

Contents:

Front cover; Half title; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of tables, figures and boxes; Chapter 1 Learning in the Contextof the Portfolio; Chapter 2 The Purposeof Portfolios; Chapter 3 Reflection and Reflective Writing; Chapter 4 Competence in Nursing; Chapter 5 Portfolio Content; Chapter 6 Portfolio Structure; Chapter 7 The Portfolioin Operation; Index; Back cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-78560-1

9786611785604

0-335-23633-2

OCLC:

646761820