Engaging alumni as mentors for nursing students

K Allred, K Sakowicz - Nurse Educator, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Peer mentoring among undergraduate nursing stu-dents has been reported, 1, 2 including
an integrative review of 11 studies evaluating research on peer mentorship. 3 Mentoring …

Lab mentors in a two-plus-two nursing program: A retrospective evaluation

AB Sweeney - Teaching and Learning in Nursing, 2018 - Elsevier
Peer mentorships improve learning outcomes, student satisfaction, and confidence levels in
undergraduate nursing students. In addition, volunteering as a mentor supports leadership …

Development and implementation of a novel peer mentoring program for undergraduate nursing students

MN Mumba, AG Horton, H Cole, B Dickson… - International Journal of …, 2023 - degruyter.com
Objectives Given the dynamic and high-stress environment of nursing education today, the
need arose for the development and implementation of a novel peer mentoring program to …

Developing a culture of caring and support through a peer mentorship program

D Kramer, SM Hillman, M Zavala - Journal of Nursing …, 2018 - journals.healio.com
Background: Academic leaders are concerned about the retention rate of nursing students;
peer mentoring may be one strategy for student success. Research studies on mentoring …

Influence of peer mentorship on nursing education and student attrition

BA Gisi - 2011 - stars.library.ucf.edu
Peer mentoring is the exchange of skills or knowledge from a more experienced individual
to a novice in the same field. Due to the constraints placed on nursing education, many …

Peer mentoring: Untapped potential

S Dennison - Journal of Nursing Education, 2010 - journals.healio.com
Peer mentoring is a potential solution to the many challenges that nursing education is faced
with today, including increasing class sizes, rising competency requirements, decreasing …

An innovative distance-based mentorship program for nurse practitioner student-alumni pairs

AF Covelli, S Flaherty, AM McNelis - Nursing Education …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Little research exists on mentoring programs for nurse practitioner (NP) students. This pilot
project aimed to develop, implement, and evaluate a distance program with NP alumni …

Nursing alumni as student mentors: nurturing professional growth

W Sword, C Byrne, M Drummond-Young… - Nurse Education …, 2002 - Elsevier
Mentorship is a commonly used strategy for role and career development that has potential
benefits for students in undergraduate nursing programs. In contrast to preceptorship, which …

Using alumni to mentor nursing students at risk

CR Price, J Balogh - Nurse Educator, 2001 - journals.lww.com
Faculty used the literature to develop a working definition of mentoring.“Role model” and
“preceptor” are terms frequently interchanged with “mentor.” Although role models may …

Nursing student peer mentorship: A review of the literature

N Rohatinsky, K Harding, T Carriere - Mentoring & Tutoring …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The benefits of peer student mentorship programs are making them increasingly popular in
nursing education. This manuscript reviews and synthesizes 20 articles outlining key …