The purpose of this paper is to explain the importance of nurses mentoring other nurses. It is a form of professionalism in nursing. Nurses mentor others for growth, sustainability of the profession, to acknowledge and respect cultures in all its ramifications. Other reasons why nurses are mentored includes, to improve the quality of the profession, and to bridge the gap between the different generations of nurses. According to Foley et. al (2012), we can use generational lenses to help us see things
My main responsibility as the community engagement coordinator was to recruit mentors who could sustain our vision of enriching lives and building community through youth mentoring. It, however, was not until I had a mentoring relationship of my own that I realized the support of a compassionate, caring role-model truly can impact the life of a child. My mentee was a 10 year old boy who was facing significant challenges in his life. Every week
Is Mentoring a Stepping Stone to Personal and Professional growth of a Student? Introduction: Mentoring is a professional activity, a trusted relationship, a meaningful commitment. The origins of mentoring can be traced back to ancient Greece as a technique to impart to young men important social, spiritual and personal values. Mentoring is a joint venture. Successful mentoring requires both parties share responsibility for learning and sustaining the relationship. Effective mentors promote an
As it is hinted above, in the past, the tradition was that mentoring was considered as a context only for pre-service teachers’ learning and development, but in recent times, the idea and practice of it has been accepted as workplace professional learning and development for both novice and veteran teachers (Boreen, Johnson, Niday & Potts, 2009). Therefore, mentoring can also be done for newly qualified and experienced teachers while they are in their workplace. The idea is that attention has been
providers can use every day (Sprenger, 2011). This outcome integrates all the course work along with my work place experience and leadership. The capstone project serves as a reflection of this knowledge. I will have achieved this Master of Science in Nursing outcome by immersing informatics and technology into my healthcare environment with my capstone project to help all staff comply with
epidemic in the nursing profession especially among nursing students and newly registered nurses. In 2010 one out of six nurses had been impacted by horizontal violence, and this number is on the rise because seventy-eight percent of nurses that have been victimized have not reported horizontal violence to their manager, also sixty percent of all new nurses leave their job within the first six months due to violence in their work place (Hegal, 2010). Violent behaviors in nursing cause high attrition
Nurse Is nursing a profession? Nursing has made advances through the years to classify itself as a profession. Looking at the different organizations that have helped this process, one stands out above the rest. The ANA (American Nursing Association) has given the nursing a professional identity and voice. The following essay will look at the ANA’s aims, activities, how the organization supports the EBP (evidence based practice), and the concepts of professional nursing. ANA (American Nursing Association)
future nurse leaders. As aforementioned, transformational leadership when embedded within a leader helps in enhancing the performance, motivation, and morale of the subordinates using different techniques. Due to the challenging and rapidly-changing nursing work environment, nurses require motivation to improve their performance towards enhancing positive patient outcomes ( Ross, Fitzpatrick, Click, Krouse, & Clavelle, 2014) . In this light, transformational leadership promotes a good work-life balance
possibilities and benefits which include but is definitely not limited to Career Mobility, Specialties, and a comprehensive salary in the Nursing field. As a Nurse the career mobility is outstanding, they have the flexibility to work in a school setting as an educator. Nurse educators combine expertise and a passion for teaching. They have a passion for preparing and mentoring current and future Nurses, strengthening our future. They are often looked as a role models, paving the path to help
The difficulties in tacit knowledge in contemporary nursing are numerous; 1. The dynamism of the society is based on facts that are documented 2. Accountability in all nursing procedures dares the use of tacit knowledge that can be acted upon and held-onto in the interdisciplinary health team. 3. An expert in the nursing team cannot delegate another staff based on tacit knowledge- you have to do it yourself 4. no law court will accept any evidence that is not documented. 5. evidence based practice