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Heather J Kelley1, Maryjoan Ladden2, Julie Fairman1
1Biobehavioral Health Sciences Department, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA.
Background:
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Future of Nursing Scholars program supported nurses to complete PhDs in 3 years. Support mechanisms included mentoring by the program office and school faculty, and leadership development activities.
Purpose:
To describe scholars' perspectives of mentoring received by faculty during the accelerated timeline.
Methods:
Of 201 scholars, 157 (78%) completed exit surveys, providing qualitative data on their experiences working with faculty mentors.
Discussion:
Scholars highlighted strong mentorship (i.e., accessibility, emotional support) as the most important facilitator to program completion. Mentor challenges were identified as the second-most mentioned barrier to success, while the first was the accelerated timeline.
Conclusion:
The scholars' most-reported mentor-provided facilitators to success were availability and emotional support. Among scholars who noted barriers to their success caused by their mentor relationship, the most-reported issue was lack of access to their mentors.
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