Exploring pairing of new graduate nurses with mentors: An interpretive descriptive study
Robin Devey Burry1, Dawn Stacey1,2, Chantal Backman1,2
1School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
Aims And Objectives:
To explore mentorship pairing practices for new graduate nurses in a tertiary care hospital.
Background:
Many organisations have implemented mentorship transition programmes to decrease new nursing graduate turnover in the first two years of practice. Little is known about mentorship pairing processes.
Design:
An interpretive descriptive qualitative study was conducted in a multicampus academic health science centre in Ontario, Canada. The COREQ reporting guideline was used.
Methods:
Thirty-one semistructured interviews were conducted from July 2018-July 2019 in a multicampus academic health science centre with new nursing graduates, experienced nurses and nurse leaders who participated in the New Graduate Guarantee programme or were involved in the mentor-mentee pairing process in 2016 or 2017. Data collected were analysed using thematic analysis within the groups and triangulated across groups.
Results:
Neither the new graduates nor the mentors were aware of the pairing processes. Nursing leaders relied on their knowledge of the participants to pair new graduates and mentors with many stating participants' personalities were considered. New graduates and mentors described making an initial connection and socialisation as important themes related to facilitating the pairing process. Organisational influences on pairing included taking breaks together, the location of the final student placement, and the management of workload and scheduling.
Conclusions:
Increased awareness and transparency regarding nursing mentorship pairing processes is required. Pairing processes suggested by participants warrant further investigation to determine efficacy.
Relevance:
Findings reinforce the need to discuss and research nursing specific mentorship pairing processes.
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