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Mentoring Urban Youth Toward A Nursing Career, Sarah Mcculloch
Mentoring Urban Youth Toward A Nursing Career, Sarah Mcculloch
Master of Arts/Science in Nursing Scholarly Projects
The nursing profession is dedicated to the promotion of wellbeing for all; however, significant disparities exist in patient populations who are underrepresented in the nursing workforce. The literature reports that increasing diversity in the nursing workforce can lead to improved patient outcomes, increased range of services, a greater understanding of patients’ illness and a more holistic approach to wellbeing for all. Nurses who reflect the communities they serve, support patients to make better healthcare decisions based on a better understanding of their patients life experiences, family dynamics and perspectives of their patient/client population. These aforementioned qualities have the potential to …
Bridging The Gap: Mentoring As A Strategy To Prepare Graduate Nurse Educator Students For Academic Practice, Jill A. Campbell
Bridging The Gap: Mentoring As A Strategy To Prepare Graduate Nurse Educator Students For Academic Practice, Jill A. Campbell
Master of Arts/Science in Nursing Scholarly Projects
The nursing profession is facing an eminent faculty shortage. Novice nurse educators and nurses transitioning from clinical practice to academia are often ill prepared for the faculty role. Mentoring has been used throughout nursing to prepare and advance nurses for a variety of roles. This paper discusses the vast literature surrounding the phenomenon of mentoring in nursing including the importance of mentoring as a strategy to socialize and prepare novice nurse educators for academia. Minimal research is available on the effect of mentoring graduate nurse educator students for socialization and preparation for the faculty role. This paper describes a novel …