Abstract
Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015 and Tuesday, November 10, 2015:
There has been increased focus in utilizing mentoring to facilitate the leadership and professional development of nursing leaders. Mentoring is used both formally and informally to support leadership development, succession planning, retention, role transition, and skill development. Benefits of mentoring include enhanced productivity, career satisfaction, lower levels of job stress, psychosocial support and professional development. The reported experience of nursing leaders' use of mentors at the director and nurse executive level in healthcare system settings is limited. The purpose of this presentation is to describe mentoring best practices and share the results of a capstone study that examines the use and perceptions of formal and informal mentors in the leadership development of nursing leaders, specifically nursing directors and nurse executives within healthcare settings. The study is a mixed methods, cross sectional, descriptive design with a convenience sample of nursing leaders in Wisconsin who are members of the Wisconsin Organization of Nurse Executives and a Wisconsin Center of Nursing leadership resource list. Understanding the experiences, barriers, and outcomes of mentoring will assist in the development of mentoring programs and will generate new knowledge about nurse leaders' use of mentors originating outside of the discipline of nursing.
Sigma Membership
Beta Eta at-Large
Type
Poster
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
N/A
Research Approach
N/A
Keywords:
Mentorship, Knowledge Translation, Nurse Leader Development
Recommended Citation
Pinekenstein, Barbara J., "The effectiveness and use of mentors in nursing leadership in healthcare practice settings" (2016). Convention. 204.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/convention/2015/posters_2015/204
Conference Name
43rd Biennial Convention
Conference Host
Sigma Theta Tau International
Conference Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Conference Year
2015
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The effectiveness and use of mentors in nursing leadership in healthcare practice settings
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Session presented on Monday, November 9, 2015 and Tuesday, November 10, 2015:
There has been increased focus in utilizing mentoring to facilitate the leadership and professional development of nursing leaders. Mentoring is used both formally and informally to support leadership development, succession planning, retention, role transition, and skill development. Benefits of mentoring include enhanced productivity, career satisfaction, lower levels of job stress, psychosocial support and professional development. The reported experience of nursing leaders' use of mentors at the director and nurse executive level in healthcare system settings is limited. The purpose of this presentation is to describe mentoring best practices and share the results of a capstone study that examines the use and perceptions of formal and informal mentors in the leadership development of nursing leaders, specifically nursing directors and nurse executives within healthcare settings. The study is a mixed methods, cross sectional, descriptive design with a convenience sample of nursing leaders in Wisconsin who are members of the Wisconsin Organization of Nurse Executives and a Wisconsin Center of Nursing leadership resource list. Understanding the experiences, barriers, and outcomes of mentoring will assist in the development of mentoring programs and will generate new knowledge about nurse leaders' use of mentors originating outside of the discipline of nursing.
Description
43rd Biennial Convention 2015 Theme: Serve Locally, Transform Regionally, Lead Globally.