The Wizardry of Mentoring

Robin Dewald, PhD, RN, CNE

Senior Faculty Program Director, Excelsior College

School of Nursing

Mentorship Committee Tau Kappa at large, Sigma theta Tau International

This Web Quest provides information related to effective and empathetic mentorship.  While you may be in a position to mentor an individual in a leadership, research, educational, or clinical role, the underlying theme is the same.  Listen attentively, coach effectively, care deeply, and most of all, give unconditionally.  Pay it forward.

Standards

The National league for Nursing (2015) stated the need to "Expand mentoring programs 'across the career continuum' and address the continuing nurse faculty shortage, advocates the National League for Nursing in a recently published position statement (available at Position Statements).... Mentoring of Nurse Faculty concludes with recommendations to nurse faculty; deans, directors, and chairpersons; and the NLN. These range from, respectively, “actively participate in mentoring relationships”; “engage new, mid-career, and seasoned faculty in developing mentoring initiatives at your institution”; and “support research on mentoring in the academic environment”.

Sigma Theta Tau International: Stresses the importance of mentoring and the necessity of mentoring programs.

References

National league for Nursing. (2006, March 15). National League for Nursing promotes mentoring to help address serious shortage of nurse faculty. ww.nln.org/newsroom/news-releases/news-release/2006/03/15/national-league-for-nursing-promotes-mentoring-to-help-address-serious-shortage-of-nurse-faculty

Sigma Theta Tau International. Nurse educator membership program. https://www.sigmanursing.org/learn-grow/leadership-new/center-for-excellence-in-nursing-education/nurse-educator-mentorship-program

Credits

Thank you to the mentoring committee for Tau Kappa at large division of Sigma theta Tau International for this opportunity.

Other

Pay it forward!