Mentorship Developing A Positive Learning Environment...

Mentorship can defined as a personal developmental relationship in which a more experienced or more knowledgeable person helps to guide a less experienced or less knowledgeable person. A mentor is a collaborative partner who is a role model and motivator providing support, help, enthusiasm, inspiration, and nurturing the clinical setting. â€Å"A mentor is also an active listener who will provide a safe, non-judgmental, friendly, and creative atmosphere for the new nurse† (Nursing Mentor, 2010, p. 1). The purpose of the Clinical Mentorship Committee is to develop a positive learning environment for nurses of all backgrounds and all different levels of experience. My thoughts are that it will not only be the mentors and their mentees who†¦show more content†¦It can also help decrease the amount of staff turnaround. Ever since Florence Nightingale established the nursing profession in the 1800’s, experienced nurses have been taking amateur nurses under their w ings and teaching them to become independent, caring and intelligent nurses. Body of the Paper Nursing is a practice discipline which requires ongoing development of knowledge and skills in order to provide quality care to patients. In order for this to occur, nurses need to develop certain skills to adapt to a continuously expanding knowledge-based practice. A large part of the learning process is done clinically, which for nurses right out of school requires the need for a supervised orientation with mentor who will provide sufficient and effective knowledge and skills these new professionals. At this time my facility has a three month orientation period where the new nurses are bounced around for lack of a better word. We have all been a part of this and are now in the place where we have a bigger voice and we are being heard that this is something that we can change to not only improve employee satisfaction but can also decrease the current turnaround rate that is increasing as the years go by. There have been a few of us that have tossed ideas around in the past ab out what we could do to implement this type of program. The hospital now recognizes that going from the classroom and a controlled clinical setting is completely