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"This text is much needed. Clearly written and engaging, this has the potential to become a gold standard portfolio text." Roger Watson, Editor of Journal of Clinical Nursing & Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, The University of Sheffield This accessible book provides a guide to the context of portfolio development and its importance not just to assessment but to the patient experience. All students undertaking pre-registration nursing qualifications are required to complete a portfolio as part of their formal assessment, in order to bridge the gap between theory and practice and to provide evidence of achievements in practice. Fiona Timmins offers a handy guide to approaching, putting together and developing an effective portfolio, helping you answer questions like: What should be in my portfolio? How should I present it? How will my portfolio be assessed? Reflection points and portfolio examples make the book easy to use. Key topics covered include:
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| Key Features |
An important feature of this book is the unique focus on nursing students. It also provides a comprehensive background to portfolio development in addition to including contemporary discourse on both reflection in nursing and portfolio assessment.
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| Author Biography |
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Learning in the Context of the Porftolio The purpose of portfolios Reflection and Reflective Practice Competence in Nursing Portfolio Content Portfolio Structure The Portfolio in Operation |




