Piloting a global mentorship initiative to support African emergency nurses

Mentorship is a relationship whereby a person experienced in the specialty supports and guides a less experienced person following a process of relationship building, engagement and development, self-inquiry and reflection. It involves regular contact with a critical friend who has a mature level of skills and expertise and can advise and support the mentee ’s development in order to empower them and build capacity [1]. In healthcare this relationship usually has formal recognition. Indeed clinical mentorship of nurse initiated antiretroviral therapy in resource limited settings in South Africa suggest that mentorship increases clinical confidence an d improves the quality of nursing care [2].
Source: International Emergency Nursing - Category: Nursing Authors: Source Type: research