Powerful Nurse Mentoring
NURS 325 Mentoring
POWERFUL MENTOR: POWERFUL NURSE
The success of a new nurse can be improved and accelerated by the utilization of a mentor. An experienced nurse can ease the social angst and acceptance associated with being the new team member. A mentor performs the tasks of preceptor by teaching all of the technical aspects of nursing in a specific service area, but also instructs the mentee as to the structure of the work environment and how to navigate it. The mentor looks for assignments that will accentuate and stretch the experience level of the mentee. A good mentor will also attempt to learn from the mentee. This builds a bond between them and ultimately strengthens the nursing team as a whole (Benner).
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I have been blessed with several superb mentors. They were not always assigned to me. I often had to root them out and pester them until they realized that I was worth their time and effort. "A mentor has commonly been regarded as someone who encourages and offers direction and advice to a protégé or novice". (Kilgallon) By establishing a network of experienced individuals in the work place, the role of mentor could be expanded to a group to increase the skill set and experience available (Grossman). To put this concept into biblical perspective, "Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another." Proverbs 27:17 (Zondervan). A sort of institutional or professional memory is developed with mentoring. The new nurses bring fresh ideas and concepts form …show more content…
I have and still serve in both roles. It is important to always see yourself as a student. There is always more to learn and always more to teach. I have never been one to eat my young. I believe in giving a new nurse a shot at the service area of their choice. Providing the mentee with all of the opportunities to succeed while helping them reach their goal. Not everyone is capable of working every service area. It is an important function of the mentor to advise a mentee, once the mentee has had reasonable training and opportunity, that another service area may be better suited to their talents. A good mentor ultimately wants to help guide the mentee to success in their service area or to help the mentee find a service area that fits them. All the while the mentor is learning how to better guide and manage as a
POWERFUL MENTOR: POWERFUL NURSE
The success of a new nurse can be improved and accelerated by the utilization of a mentor. An experienced nurse can ease the social angst and acceptance associated with being the new team member. A mentor performs the tasks of preceptor by teaching all of the technical aspects of nursing in a specific service area, but also instructs the mentee as to the structure of the work environment and how to navigate it. The mentor looks for assignments that will accentuate and stretch the experience level of the mentee. A good mentor will also attempt to learn from the mentee. This builds a bond between them and ultimately strengthens the nursing team as a whole (Benner).
A good nurse is a mentee …show more content…
I have been blessed with several superb mentors. They were not always assigned to me. I often had to root them out and pester them until they realized that I was worth their time and effort. "A mentor has commonly been regarded as someone who encourages and offers direction and advice to a protégé or novice". (Kilgallon) By establishing a network of experienced individuals in the work place, the role of mentor could be expanded to a group to increase the skill set and experience available (Grossman). To put this concept into biblical perspective, "Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another." Proverbs 27:17 (Zondervan). A sort of institutional or professional memory is developed with mentoring. The new nurses bring fresh ideas and concepts form …show more content…
I have and still serve in both roles. It is important to always see yourself as a student. There is always more to learn and always more to teach. I have never been one to eat my young. I believe in giving a new nurse a shot at the service area of their choice. Providing the mentee with all of the opportunities to succeed while helping them reach their goal. Not everyone is capable of working every service area. It is an important function of the mentor to advise a mentee, once the mentee has had reasonable training and opportunity, that another service area may be better suited to their talents. A good mentor ultimately wants to help guide the mentee to success in their service area or to help the mentee find a service area that fits them. All the while the mentor is learning how to better guide and manage as a