...Importance of Mentoring In Nursing Cynthia B. Harris Chamberlain College of Nursing NR504 Leadership & Nursing Practice Spring A March 20th, 2011 Professor Schoenly Importance of Mentoring In Nursing My Vision for nursing is for nurses to become more proactive in mentoring nursing staff both new and old. The role of the nurse mentor is often referred to as preceptorship. Although mentoring and precepting are different, they are still similar but often overlap. By nurses taking part in mentoring their peers, they are helping to promote leadership skills, teaching skills, and foster professional development for all nursing staff. The CNA (2004) states, “Mentoring involves voluntary, mutually beneficial, and long-term professional relationships among nurses if done effectively and respectfully. In this relationship, one person is an experienced and knowledgeable leader (mentor) who supports the maturation and education of a less experienced person, for example, new nurses and returning nurses (mentees) to the work place with leadership. There are so many opportunities for the seasoned nurse to teach new and returning nurses but because of often hectic schedules, staffing issues, and nursing shortages this often falls to the wayside. This can lead to lack of confidence, frustration, and feelings of being “lost” out in the work area. Nurses often streamline their duties to complete their shift in a timely fashion and opportunities to mentor or teach are missed. These...
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...Home Page» Science Importance of Mentoring in Nursing In: Science Importance of Mentoring in Nursing Importance of Mentoring In Nursing Cynthia B. Harris Chamberlain College of Nursing NR504 Leadership & Nursing Practice Spring A March 20th, 2011 Professor Schoenly Importance of Mentoring In Nursing My Vision for nursing is for nurses to become more proactive in mentoring nursing staff both new and old. The role of the nurse mentor is often referred to as preceptorship. Although mentoring and precepting are different, they are still similar but often overlap. By nurses taking part in mentoring their peers, they are helping to promote leadership skills, teaching skills, and foster professional development for all nursing staff. The CNA (2004) states, “Mentoring involves voluntary, mutually beneficial, and long-term professional relationships among nurses if done effectively and respectfully. In this relationship, one person is an experienced and knowledgeable leader (mentor) who supports the maturation and education of a less experienced person, for example, new nurses and returning nurses (mentees) to the work place with leadership. There are so many opportunities for the seasoned nurse to teach new and returning nurses but because of often hectic schedules, staffing issues, and nursing shortages this often falls to the wayside. This can lead to lack of confidence, frustration, and feelings of being “lost” out in the work area. Nurses often...
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...Mentoring to success - February 2009 A well-implemented coaching programme is a crucial part of any HR strategy. It provides benefits for both the junior employee and their mentor. Further, it can help create a culture of teamwork and shared goals and responsibilities within an organisation In an ideal world, the employees a company hires would come pre-programmed with all the attributes necessary for them - and hence the organisation - to succeed. But in reality, employees require ongoing learning and development. Naturally, the people best equipped to provide such training are senior personnel within the company; those who have seen and done it all before. This is where mentoring comes in. "Mentoring is important because it provides intergenerational transmission of knowledge and know-how," explains Carol Muller, founding CEO and senior advisor of MentorNet, a California-based non-profit mentoring initiative. "It bridges experience gaps and adds value to professions and organisations, as well as to the individuals involved." While that may sound like Business 101, it hasn't necessarily caught on in the corporate world. Indeed, many local companies do not have formal, organised mentoring systems in place. HareshKhoobchandani, director of the Business and Marketing Organisation, Microsoft Singapore, is convinced of the importance of mentoring schemes. "I'd see it as an opportunity to establish such aprogramme, because I'm seeing the benefits every day at Microsoft...
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...to do the job. Organizations have had to find ways to manage the changes in the workforce in order to remain competitive in today’s marketplace. In this paper we will look at the Hershey Company, and ways that it has utilized to help manage these changes. We will look at ways to redesign Hershey’s performance management system to include diversity. We will also look at Hershey’s value system particularly focusing on how employees could interpret them in relation to their role with the company. We will continue to delve into the topic of the workforce trends and determine which has had the greatest impact on the Hershey Company. Finally we will look at the mentoring program that Hershey’s has put into place to help embrace the age diversity of the workforce. We will review the effects the mentoring program can have on integrating values into the Hershey...
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...Mariani, B. (n.d.). The Effect of Mentoring on Career Satisfaction of Registered Nurses and Intent to Stay in the Nursing Profession. Nursing Research and Practice, 1-9. Mentoring plays a crucial role in the growth and development of novice nurses. It provides a way for the experienced nurses to give back to the profession and helps them play a significant role in the formulation of a new nurses’ career. Mentors offer knowledge, encouragement, support, guidance, and friendship to the next generation of caregivers. In her study, Marian wanted to see if there was a connection between mentoring, job satisfaction, and retention. Practicing nurses were selected randomly to be mailed surveys to complete regarding mentoring and its’ effect on job satisfaction and nursing retention. There were limitations and flaws in this study making it difficult to determine its validity. For one, the rate of returned surveys did not reach the study’s target goal of 60%. The responses were uneven between nurses who had participated in mentoring and those who did not. Also nurses dissatisfied with their careers may not have responded, and even with defined terms included, participants may have been confused with precepting, mentoring, and protégé. Although this survey study did not show any relationship between mentoring, job satisfaction, and retention, it did establish that mentoring continues throughout the profession on a routine basis. Mariani thinks this suggests that future studies should...
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...Career Development Plan Part II - Development of Training and Mentoring Program HRM 531 October 6, 2010 Career Development Plan Part II - Development of Training and Mentoring Program InterClean has completed the staff selection process and the new sales team has been announced. The next step in moving toward the projected goals as outlined by the strategic plan is training of the selected employees. The concept associated with training is training will improve performance. This improvement will be evident in the actions of the selected employees. Trained employees will display learned changes in knowledge, skills, attitudes, and social behavior (Cascio, 2005). InterClean has accessed the training needs of the outside sales representatives and has outlined a comprehensive training and development plan that each employee in the sales department will be required to complete. Training and Mentoring Needs In order for this to be a successful proper training and mentoring must be given to the new sales team. When adjusting to a new company, employees must be willing to behave in a new way. Training will provide necessary but innovative ideas for employees. Training consists of planned programs designed to improve performance of the individual, group, and organizational levels (Cascio, 2005). A new training plan is essential after the transition to allow the employees to operate as a team. Training will allow the formation of new relationships among employees, and these...
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...Career Development Plan Part II- Development of a Training and Mentoring Progr HRM/531 March 14, 2011 Julie Gedro Career Development Plan Part II- Development of a Training and Mentoring Program With the recent merger of InterClean and EnviroTech, IntrClean has taken a giant step in achieving domestic market dominance in the sanitation industry. With the newly selected sales team in place, it is imperative that InterClean provide its team with the proper training and mentoring program in order to achieve our goal of being the industry’s leader in high quality products and services. The heart of an organization is its employees and its members (Wetland, p.01). With this concept InterClean is committed to providing an effective training and mentoring program. This report will outline training and mentoring needs, objectives of the training and mentoring program, performance standards, delivery methods, content for training and mentoring, time-frame, evaluation methods, feedback, and alternative avenues for those sales associates who need further development. Steady, long-term competitiveness requires an organization to be committed to putting employee’s first and developing quality training programs that are linked to its strategic objectives (Wetland, p.01). Quality employees equate to organizational success, whereas unqualified and poorly trained employees equate to organizational failure (Wetland, p. 01). Cascio defines training as consisting of planned programs designed...
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...INTRODUCTION Mentoring is defined in an organizational context as a professional development tool, which takes the form of transfer of knowledge from an experienced person – termed as mentor – to a comparatively less senior person in the organization. Through mentoring professional knowledge and experience is transferred to a less experienced person (Hirschfeld, Thomas and Lankau, 2006). The goal of mentoring is to assist the mentee in personal and professional development. Learning and development in organizational contexts is closely associated with the concept of mentoring. Mentoring brings the values and practices focusing on continuing education and links integrated transmission of knowledge through a special link between two persons. Mentoring is an interpersonal relationship providing support, exchange and learning, in which an experienced person invests its ability and expertise to promote the development of another person to enable him to acquire skills and achieve career goals (Holmes, 2008). The mentor is an experienced person who has the confidence and wisdom to promote the transfer of its assets to others less experienced. A mentor is motivated and willing to offer their skills, knowledge and vision of life to a younger member of the organization to support attainment of personal and professional development goals (Gentry, Weber and Sadri, 2008). The mentee is a person in search of personal and professional fulfillment. The mentoring relationship is characterized...
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...There are many ways to design a mentoring program depending on the type of business you are in and what you are trying to accomplish by a mentoring program. I personally would base my mentoring program around the auto industry. With the auto industry I would begin with all the front line supervisors. I first feel a mentor is a good coach that is able to teach a specific skill to others no matter what their background knowledge is in the area. Also I feel a good mentor must challenge the mentoree and take them out of their comfort zone. In designing a mentoring program my main focuses would be make everyone familiar with the organization's norms and culture, the mentor must show the mentoree the company culture, the mentor must demonstrate honesty, integrity, respect, and most of all responsibility. In addition the mentor must show the mentoree how to take ownership, demonstrate effective communication skills both verbally and nonverbally. I have always felt communication is key principle to success. In any business, program or situation there can never be enough communication. A mentor will help develop the mentoree through guidance, feedback, and occasionally an insistence on a particular level of performance or appropriate direction. When establishing a mentor program you must also look at the mentor. There are a few things I would look for and expect in my program from the mentor, such as the mentor must be a career focused individual, this person must have a good attitude...
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...describes the author’s reflective account of the learning experience whilst undertaking the module of mentoring which includes preferred teaching methods, supervision, learning styles, different ways of assessing and evaluation. A brief description of the author is detailed while the value of effective mentoring on the learning experience is also explored. Healthcare practitioners and students can learn from experiences through reflection and use the knowledge to inform and improve practice. The ability to reflect on one’s actions is particularly pertinent in clinical practice. Schön (1983) identified two types of reflection: -Reflection in action, which takes place during the event – the practitioner may not be aware that it is happening. -Reflection on action, which takes place after the event. Jasper (2003) concluded that reflecting on action transformed experience into knowledge. I am a mental health nurse who works in a community mental health recovery services for working adults, and currently attended a mentorship course. I have co-mentored a first year student prior to my mentorship training. My training was more or less the same of the student I mentored, so it is important for me to keep up to date with changes in the skills students are expected to develop while on clinical placement. The lecturers at University, books and journals explained the importance of working in partnership with students and developing action plans. As a nursing student myself while...
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...Mentoring relationships can be tricky. From creating the right mentor-mentee pair to considering liability issues to ensuring the success of a mentor-mentee relationship, this process is highly individualized and intricate. Mentoring is further complicated when considering creating mentor-mentee pair across different backgrounds: socio-economic, racial, ethnic, gender and sexual identity and such. In this reference guide, I shall focus on exploring issues related to intra- and cross-racial mentoring, from things to consider before making matches to carrying out certain initiatives to ensure a successful mentor-mentee relationship/mentorship program. Before we delve into other details, the one thing the three documents analyzed for this report...
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...Module 6 Organizational leadership 3 marks 1) What do you mean by “charisma”? Ans: Charisma is a trait found in individuals whose personalities are characterized by powerful charm and magnetism (attractiveness) and superior capabilities of interpersonal communication and persuasion. According to Weber, charisma is a pure form of authority based on the gift of divine grace. The term charisma is applied to a certain quality of an individual personality by virtue of which he is considered extraordinary and treated as endowed with supernatural, superhuman, or at least specifically exceptional powers or qualities. 2) Who is a charismatic leadership? Ans: Charismatic leadership is a leadership based on the leader’s ability to communicate and behave in ways that reach followers on a basic, emotional way, to inspire and motivate. 3) Define the term “transactional leadership”. Ans: A transactional leader is one who guides and motivates his follows in the direction of establish goals by clarifying role and task requirements. It involves exchange relationship between leader and the followers. It is a perception for mediocrity and that transformational leadership leads to superior performance in organization facing demands for renewal and change. 4) Differentiate between transformational and transactional leadership...
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...CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY INTRODUCTION - Definition of coaching - Definition of mentoring - Application Part A) Identify the process steps need to be taken to assess the learning needs of the organisation * Step 1: Perform needs analysis * Needs Assessments * 1) Organisation Analysis * 2) Task Analysis * 3) Individual Analysis * Step 2: Identify priorities and important * Step 3: Design Phase of training and development * Step 4: Implementation * Summary Part B) Identify and compare the costs and benefits that introducing a coaching system would involve * Cost * Benefits * Benefit 1: Recruitment and retention * Benefit 2: Continue Learning * Benefit 3: Several Skill Acquisition Part C) Identify KPIs that they should expect to achieve through the implementation process Part D) Identify the key stakeholders that will need to be involved in the process and how their support can be built. Part E) Case Study Example – ASDA Recommendations and conclusion EXECUTIVE SUMMARY High performance and contemporary company need to acquire a much broader set of skills if they are to survive in the world of modern business. The pace of change is unpredictable fast, partly driven by the advances in information technology and the pervading influence of globalisation – has become relentless. The complexity of work has increased while career paths have become less obvious due to the flattening...
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...The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/0142-5455.htm Mentoring for gender equality and organisational change Jennifer de Vries and Claire Webb Organisational and Staff Development Services, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia, and Mentoring for gender equality 573 Joan Eveline Business School, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia Abstract Purpose – There is considerable literature about the impact of mentoring on the mentees but little is known about the effect of the mentoring relationship on the mentor. This paper aims to address that gap. Design/methodology/approach – Interviews with 15 mentors and survey responses from 128 mentees are used to examine a formal mentoring programme. Most emphasis is on the perspective of the mentors, raising questions about how they view outcomes for themselves and their mentees, as well as the effects of mentoring on the workplace culture over time. Questions about the mentoring relationship, including gender differences, are analysed against the background of a decade-long organisational change strategy. Findings – Mentors report significant benefits for themselves and the mentee as well as the organisation itself as a result of their participation. The findings suggest that a long-term mentoring programme for women has the potential to be an effective organisational change intervention. In particular, men involved in that programme increased...
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...Significance of the Study The study focused on explaining the effect of mentoring program on the Adversity Quotient® of the freshmen students at FAITH. Moreover, the results of the study will be beneficial to the following: Respondents. The respondents will have an awareness on the importance of the mentoring program and its role on the improvement of their Adversity Quotient®. 10 Teachers/Mentors. The result of the study will help the teachers/mentors provide encouragement to think of ideas that will give proper guidance to the students/mentees. This may also increase their competency. Guidance Staff. The result of the study may provide on assessment of the mentoring program whether it is effective or not. This may also encourage the guidance staff to think of other activities that will make the students/mentees as well as their teachers/mentors enjoy the program. Parents. The result of the study will help the parents of the respondents feel secured because there are programs in the institution like the mentoring program that will help their children cope and adjust with the adversities of college life. Future Researchers. The findings of the study will serve as a reference material and a guide for future researchers who wish to conduct the same experimental study or any study related to mentoring program and Adversity Quotient®. Definition of terms Adolescence - the period of transition between childhood and adulthood (Corey, 2004). Adversity - a state...
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