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Mentorship: the students' views

G J Earnshaw

    Nurse Education Today
    |August 1, 1995
    PubMed
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    Student nurses find mentorship valuable, especially early in training. This support helps them learn norms and routines, with relationships becoming more equal over time.

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    Area of Science:

    • Nursing Education
    • Healthcare Professional Development

    Background:

    • Mentorship is recognized as a valuable support for student nurses.
    • Limited empirical evidence exists to validate mentorship's effectiveness in nursing education.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate student nurses' perceptions and experiences of mentorship.
    • To address the deficit of empirical evidence regarding mentorship in nursing.

    Main Methods:

    • A pilot study was followed by a survey of 19 third-year student nurses.
    • Data was collected using a 10-item questionnaire on mentorship experiences.

    Main Results:

    • Students perceived mentorship as a valid support system, particularly during initial training phases.

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  • Mentors facilitated socialization by imparting professional norms and ward routines.
  • The student-mentor relationship evolved towards greater equality as training progressed, without fostering dependency.

    • Conclusions:

    • Mentorship provides significant value to pre-registration nursing students.
    • The multifaceted nature of student support, encompassing mentorship, preceptorship, and clinical supervision, presents challenges in terminology.
    • Further research is needed to fully understand and define the diverse support structures in nursing education.