What is it about?
A column looking at what brought me to health visiting and how a robust induction and preceptorship is helping me to build relationships and acclimatise to the role of the health visitor.
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Why is it important?
This article reflects on the challenges of taking on the Health visitor role, managing a caseload of children, building therapeutic relationships wih families and how a robust preceptorship can support this. It is impotant for new practitioners to share experiences, reflection and practice. It is timely to discuss becoming a health visitor in Scotland due to the changes being introduced and the impact this could have on HV practice and outcome for children.
Perspectives
My hope is that this article will be helpful to other new practitioners but that it will also stimulate discussion on the benefits of preceptorship support for new practitioners.
Marie Anne Smith
Glasgow Caledonian University
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This page is a summary of: Newly qualified health visitor: The first weeks of practice, Journal of Health Visiting, November 2017, Mark Allen Group,
DOI: 10.12968/johv.2017.5.11.532.
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