Be a Nursing Mentor

What is a nursing mentor?

• A mentor is a wise and trusted advisor.
  
  
• A mentor helps nursing students develop their own vision for the future.
  
  
• Mentors foster caring and supportive relationships.
  
  
• A structured 1 to 1 relationship/partnership that focuses on the needs of the student.
  
  

Why be a nursing mentor?

• Strengthen the nursing profession.
  
  
• Share knowledge and expertise.
  
  
• Help a student nurse grow and develop into a professional.
  
  
• Invest in the future.
  
  
• Participate in a mutual sharing relationship.
  
  

Requirements

• A Registered Nurse with a minimum of Baccalaureate preparation.
  
  
• Invest time, energy and interest in the support of a nursing student.
  
  
• Understanding of the needs of the nursing student.
  
  
• Participate in one-to-two Bring Diversity to Nursing academic and/or social activities per semester.
  
  
• Possess enthusiasm and a sense of humor.

Responsibilities

• Initiate contact with his/her student within one week of assignment. If contacts have failed after three attempts, notify the BDN Coordinator of Diversity Support Services. (Note: Many  students who say they need help also say they will not initiate searches for appropriate resources).
  
  
• Schedule a person-to-person contact.
  
  
• Follow-up with weekly phone or e-mail contacts.
  
  
• Monthly e-mail update to BDN Coordinator. Updates are due by the end of each month.
  
  
• Above all, be yourself. Try to end sessions on a positive note. Realize there are no failures in a mentorship. Both you and your student will learn as much from mistakes as from successes.

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 For more information contact Stephanie Lane