Mentoring nursing students in primary care
Session
Medicine and Nursing
Description
Mentoring is a professional task of nurses and an important training in nursing education and practice. Mentoring is carried out by an experienced nurse who supports the establishment of a less experienced nurse or a student during university education.Purpose: To assess mentoring of nursing students in the practice environment from the perspective of mentors and students.Materials and methods: 143 nursing students and 65 mentors of nursing students participated in the research. Research data was collected by two questionnaires, one for students and the other for mentors and analyzed with SPSS.Results: The average age of the students participating in the research was 23.4 ± 4 years, while the average age of mentors was 40.4 ± 10.4 years. The results show that there is no statistical significance (p = 0.211) of mentorship knowledge for nursing programs. While there is a statistical significance in practicing nursing skills (p = 0.04).Discussion: The research results have provided answers to the research goals and questions regarding the mentoring of nursing students in the practice environment from the perspective of mentors and students. Both hypotheses are approved by the results of the paper.Conclusions: Mentoring nursing students promotes student learning in the practical environment where they have a mentor who is responsible and helps them in the mentoring phase.
Keywords:
nursing students, mentoring, practical environment, primary care
Session Chair
Fitim Alidema
Session Co-Chair
Salih Krasniqi
Proceedings Editor
Edmond Hajrizi
ISBN
978-9951-437-96-7
Location
Lipjan, Kosovo
Start Date
31-10-2020 1:30 PM
End Date
31-10-2020 3:00 PM
DOI
10.33107/ubt-ic.2020.374
Recommended Citation
Pajaziti, Nafije, "Mentoring nursing students in primary care" (2020). UBT International Conference. 377.
https://knowledgecenter.ubt-uni.net/conference/2020/all_events/377
Mentoring nursing students in primary care
Lipjan, Kosovo
Mentoring is a professional task of nurses and an important training in nursing education and practice. Mentoring is carried out by an experienced nurse who supports the establishment of a less experienced nurse or a student during university education.Purpose: To assess mentoring of nursing students in the practice environment from the perspective of mentors and students.Materials and methods: 143 nursing students and 65 mentors of nursing students participated in the research. Research data was collected by two questionnaires, one for students and the other for mentors and analyzed with SPSS.Results: The average age of the students participating in the research was 23.4 ± 4 years, while the average age of mentors was 40.4 ± 10.4 years. The results show that there is no statistical significance (p = 0.211) of mentorship knowledge for nursing programs. While there is a statistical significance in practicing nursing skills (p = 0.04).Discussion: The research results have provided answers to the research goals and questions regarding the mentoring of nursing students in the practice environment from the perspective of mentors and students. Both hypotheses are approved by the results of the paper.Conclusions: Mentoring nursing students promotes student learning in the practical environment where they have a mentor who is responsible and helps them in the mentoring phase.