Nurse Manager

Category - HR

Which of the following statements relating to mentorships is accurate?
  1. Nurses should always seek a mentor that is external to the work environment.
  2. The best mentors are those who remain with a protégée regardless of their level of development.
  3. Mentorships, like preceptorships, are effective for technical skills acquisition during orientation.
  4. Accompanying, sowing and showing are recognized as useful mentorship techniques.
Explanation
Answer: D - Accompanying, sowing and showing are recognized as useful mentorship techniques. Other mentorship techniques are catalyzing and harvesting. Skillful mentors vary their mentorship techniques according to the protégée’s individual needs and goals. Mentors can be found within and outside of the work environment and nurses can have several mentors over time as they continuously develop professionally and develop new needs. Mentorships focus on far more than technical, clinical skills.

Category: Human resources management - Promoting professional development
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