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Using Learning Outcome Measures to assess Doctoral Nursing Education
Published on: June 21, 2010
Mentors' perspectives on supporting nurse faculty scholars
Kristen M Swanson1, Elaine L Larson2, Beverly Malone3
1Seattle University College of Nursing, Seattle, WA.
Purpose:
Describe mentors' perceptions of the purpose, processes, outcomes, and challenges of mentoring; self-ratings of effectiveness in performing aspects of the mentoring role; and overall ratings of the quality of their mentoring relationship and the likely contributions of their junior faculty fellow to academia and the profession, the body of knowledge related to health and healthcare, and mitigation of the nursing faculty shortage.
Participants:
Fifty-one (of 86 possible) mentors of junior faculty who participated in a competitive methods: qualitative and quantitative data were gathered via an online investigator-developed survey. Narrative texts were content analyzed. Quantitative data were analyzed using measures of central tendency and association.
Outcomes:
For the most part mentors rated themselves as effective in their roles and indicated program and mentor-mentee goals were met. The overall purpose, processes, outcomes, and challenges of mentoring are described.
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