Establishing a publication partnership entailed multiple aspects of the writing experience. From refining literature search skills, to identifying journals, establishing partnerships and completing the writing process, a publishing mentor enables a mentee to explore multiple aspects of personal development while also facilitating achieving those goals. 

While attending the Chiron conference I identified several publication goals and a established a timeline for the following year.  After identifying several topics of interest for publication an extensive literature search was performed.  Simultaneously, Dr. Barnsteiner developed a writing workshop for interested nurses at HUP and I was able to participate. The support and guidance from the other members of the group was essential to my refining my writing skills.

While this mentorship specifically involved publication and writing skills participation in the process also developed essential aspects of the mentor/mentee relationship, contributing to the sustainability of the project