Learning Objective #1: The learner will be able to understand the relationship between mentoring and empowerment. | |||
Learning Objective #2: The learner will be able to appreciate the benefits of a mentoring relationship for students and staff nurses. |
It was hypothesized that, after the first year of mentoring, there would be significant differences in the pre-post empowerment self-ratings of RNs (n-53) and students (n=52) in the experimental group, and between the post-empowerment self-ratings of the experimental and control groups (mentor n= 55; mentee n=48). Data are being collected through web-based questionnaires, and data collection for 2006-07 will be completed by May 2007. Hypotheses will be tested with paired t-tests and multivariate regression methods. These results will be presented.
The presentation will be of interest to nurse educators who may be considering the value of implementing a formal mentoring program for students.*Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of