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INOVACIJE I IZAZOVI U OBRAZOVANJU I SESTRINSKOJ SKRBI - KNJIGA SAŽETAKA



               Being a Mentor…


               The education of nurses/technicians today is largely based on practical teaching in the hospital
               environment, that is, in real and specific situations, where students have the opportunity to
               integrate  the  learned  theoretical  knowledge  through  practicing  different  clinical  skills. The
               mentor plays an important role in this integration, but also in the adaptation to the role of a
               nurse/technician.
               Namely, three years ago, for the first time, I had the opportunity to be a mentor to the fifth grade
               students  of  the  secondary  medical  school  during  exercises  in  Health  Care  of  Psychiatric
               Patients. Without previous experience in this process, I grew together with them in my role, we
               adjusted with regard to their expectations and our working conditions, which were sometimes
               very  demanding,  in  addition  to  time  constraints,  the  very  capacity  and  specificity  of  the
               department. We have tried, my team and I, to provide future colleagues with a place where they
               will be able to learn according to the model, by directly participating in the entire health care
               process,  starting  with  morning  care  and  ending  with  the  performance  of  medical  technical
               procedures  as  well  as  all  other  standard  procedures  that  are  performed  in  every  other
               department. The emphasis in our department was certainly to acquaint them with the specifics
               of approaching a psychiatric patient, through the duties of a nurse in treatment, treatment and
               care,  as  well  as  the  recognition  of  specific  signs  and  symptoms  of  certain  disorders. And
               somehow, most of all, we tried to convey to them a feeling for patients, because ultimately the
               patient himself, wherever they are, is the main guide in our work. Therefore, the idea of this
               work is to bring closer both the role of the mentor and the process of guiding students, as one
               important link in the chain on their professional path.

               Key words: students, mentor, mentoring, nursing practice














































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