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The Role of the Mentor in Facilitating Learning for Short Placements During their second year, pre-registration nursing students come to the community for a short twoweek placement to gain an understanding of primary care and community nursing skills. The purpose of this essay is to explore the experience of mentoring students during these two weeks. I intend to reflect on factors which impact on learning and ways of maximising learning opportunities to make this a positive learning experience for the student. Students often come to the community with pre-conceptions about the role of community nurses, fearing that most of the caseload consists of patients with leg ulcers. District nurses are now at the forefront of providing care in the community, working alongside G P's in the delivery of care to patients. The District Nursing service is constantly undergoing change due to the increasing demands of patients on the NHS. Earlier...

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