Mentors for student nurses and newly registered nurses will welcome the revised fourth edition of this trusted handbook on how to teach others: peers, students, patients and relatives. It is written in a user-friendly style, 'talking through' strategies with the reader. This is a practical 'How to' guide, rather than an academic treatise, with particular emphasis on the use of competencies. • Learning objectives begin each chapter • Sets teaching within the context of nursing and education • Aids the teaching of reflective practice • Activities and exercises reinforce learning• Cartoons illustrate significant points. • Kirkpatrick evaluation model • Competency-based practice • SCARF – Status, Certainty, Autonomy, Relatedness and Fairness in education • Revalidation with the NMC • Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL)