Mental Health Nursing Students Accessing NES
E-portfolio Pre To Post Registration
Karen J McDowall
Senior Nurse (MH) Community
North Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership
Alison Toner
Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing
University of the West of Scotland
PERSONAL
DEVELOPMENT
PLANNING
• Competency 7 - All nurses must be
responsible and accountable for
keeping their knowledge and skills up
to date through continuing
professional development. They must
aim to improve their performance and
enhance the safety and quality of care
through evaluation, supervision and
appraisal NMC(2010).
EPORTFOLIO
• Students required to build portfolio of evidence
• Historical use of paper document
• Paper light process
• Technological advances
• ePortfolio development
• Live and dynamic
Toner & McDowall (2015)
PARTNERSHIP
WORKING
• March 2012 – initial discussion, NHS
Ayrshire and Arran, University of the
West of Scotland and NHS Scotland.
• The Dean of Health, Nursing &
Midwifery, UWS and the Associate
Nurse Director, Mental Health
Services, NHS Ayrshire & Arran fully
supported the proposal being taken
forward.
• Dedication and conviction to achieve
objective.
THE JOURNEY –
PAPER V
ELECTRONIC
• Was this an idea worth pursuing, what
did we hope to achieve?
• Who needed to be involved?
• What support did we need from NES?
• How should we introduce it and with
whom?
• What guidance would be required?
• What training would be required?
• Timeframe for implementation/roll out?
• Audit process?
GUIDANCE AND TRAINING
•Guidance for students
•Guidance for mentors
•Training sessions
INVOLVING STUDENTS
• https://vimeo.com/87845713
NHS Education(2016)
E-PORTFOLIO CHAMPION
Each campus has a lecturer who is an
e-portfolio champion. Their role is to:
Support the student to set up their
e-portfolio and to provide ongoing support
to the student to continue to develop it
INCREMENTAL INTRODUCTION
PRE-REGISTRATION BSC MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
PROGRAMME STUDENTS
2012 -13
Project
commenced
at Ayr UWS
campus in
September
with the BSc
Mental Health
Nursing
programme
Part 1
students
2013-14
Commenced
with Part 1
students Ayr,
Dumfries,
Hamilton and
Paisley.
Continue with
Part 2 Ayr
students.
2014 -15
Commenced
with Part 1
students Ayr,
Dumfries,
Hamilton and
Paisley.
Continue with
Part 2 Ayr,
Dumfries,
Hamilton and
Paisley and
Part 3 Ayr.
2015-16
All students
on all
campuses
now have
access and
are
developing
their NES
Career Long
ePortfolio.
JOURNEY - NES E-Portfolio
Preregistration
Student Nurses
Transition
through
NES Flying
Start
Nursing
student to
registered
nurse journey
Post
registration
NMC
Revalidation
BENEFITS
• Comprehensive portfolio of evidence
• User friendly
• Positive impact - ripple effect
• Embedding and capturing the principle of reflective practice
FUTURE STEPS
• Ethical approval has been obtained to undertake an evaluation
study of the pilot project. This will include students from the initial
cohort, lecturers/personal tutors and mentors who have been
involved with this process.
REFERENCES
• NHS Education for Scotland (2016) Nursing & Midwifery Career Long
ePortfolio.[Online] Available
http://www.nes.scot.nhs.uk/education-andtraining/by-discipline/nursing-and-midwifery/careers-and-recruitment/nursingmidwifery-career-long-eportfolio.aspx
• Nursing and Midwifery Council (2010)Standards for pre-registration nursing
education. [Online] Available http://caipe.org.uk/silo/files/standards-forpreregistration-nursing-education-16082010.pdf
• Toner, A. and McDowall, K. J. (2015) EPortfolio for students: A paper exercise or the
product of effective partnership working? British Journal of Mental Health Nursing.
Vol.4 (5), pp.219–222.