Abstract
Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015 and Tuesday, November 10, 2015:
Mentorship is a workplace learning strategy that is beneficial to the mentor, protege, and employing institution as a means of transmitting the tacit knowledge of the workplace. As a result of mentorship, newcomers are incorporated into existing communities of practice in the workplace. Using tools from the business context that has used mentorship for the protege's professional development extensively, we explored the concept of mentorship in the nursing context. Alter slight modification of the tools, we administered them to 357 participants in four health regions in two provinces in Western Canada. Both mentors and proteges were surveyed. Findings demonstrated that mentorship in nursing was an individual commitment that flourished inan organizational culture that encouraged mentoring relationships. As anticipated, proteges found the process of mentorship to be very valuable. Mentors identified benefits they experienced, which moderated their intentions to mentor in the future. From the qualitative part of the study of 26 nurses, we explored the perceptions of mentorship, mentoring cultures, and the process of mentorship of new nurses.
Sigma Membership
Mu Sigma
Type
Poster
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
N/A
Research Approach
Mixed/Multi Method Research
Keywords:
Mixed Methods Research, New Nurse Transition, Mentorship
Recommended Citation
Ferguson, Linda M.; Yonge, Olive; Myrick, Florence; and Rohatinsky, Noelle K., "Exploring mentorship in the nursing context" (2016). Convention. 158.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/convention/2015/posters_2015/158
Conference Name
43rd Biennial Convention
Conference Host
Sigma Theta Tau International
Conference Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Conference Year
2015
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Exploring mentorship in the nursing context
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015 and Tuesday, November 10, 2015:
Mentorship is a workplace learning strategy that is beneficial to the mentor, protege, and employing institution as a means of transmitting the tacit knowledge of the workplace. As a result of mentorship, newcomers are incorporated into existing communities of practice in the workplace. Using tools from the business context that has used mentorship for the protege's professional development extensively, we explored the concept of mentorship in the nursing context. Alter slight modification of the tools, we administered them to 357 participants in four health regions in two provinces in Western Canada. Both mentors and proteges were surveyed. Findings demonstrated that mentorship in nursing was an individual commitment that flourished inan organizational culture that encouraged mentoring relationships. As anticipated, proteges found the process of mentorship to be very valuable. Mentors identified benefits they experienced, which moderated their intentions to mentor in the future. From the qualitative part of the study of 26 nurses, we explored the perceptions of mentorship, mentoring cultures, and the process of mentorship of new nurses.
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43rd Biennial Convention 2015 Theme: Serve Locally, Transform Regionally, Lead Globally.