DQ 3-2

References

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Posluszny, L. (2014). Shaping undergraduate professional identities through mentoring and promoting the future of nursing. AORN Journal, 100(6), 566-569. doi:10.1016/j.aorn.2014.09.008

Response 2To be successful in any field, aspiring leaders require role models and guidance. This is especially true in healthcare as an increasing number of its managers opt for work outside of the traditional healthcare setting or leave to start careers in different fields. At some point during your career, you may have considered becoming a mentor but dismissed the idea, thinking it would not be worth the time and energy you put into it.But Being a mentor is more important than ever-and you will get more out of the relationship than you think.A mentor affects the professional life of a trainee by fostering insight, identifying needed knowledge, and expanding growth opportunities. 

During my capstone project i chose the house spervisor as my mentor at my facility. One of your roles as a mentor is to set a good example for your trainee. Knowing  her responsiblility for providing appropriate and accurate guidance motivated me  to work harder. Furthermore, mentoring can give you a fresh perspective on your performance. I was  lucky to have her who supported in  my project of implementing changes in the facility.  -She was always had feedback on better way to approach changes and enforce staff in positive way about changes needed. The questions she asked me helped me to take a critical look at how I was doing and what areas I needed to adjust for improvement.

As a mentor you can help bridge the gap between generations that have varying workplace values and styles. Your ability to manage people different from you is a valuable skill, especially as the workplace continues to grow more diverse. Besides enhancing your skills, mentoring can improve your performance.Your role as a mentor can contribute to the success of your entire organization. As a healthcare manager, you know the importance of developing and retaining good employees. By priming promising employees to become top-performing executives and by providing them with the challenges, support, and commitment needed to keep them in your organization, your mentoring efforts effectively address issues of succession planning and retention.

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Career Resources. (n.d.). Retrieved October 11, 2017, from http://www.ache.org/newclub/CAREER/MentorArticles/Benefits.cfm

Response 3

 can remember when I first started working at Mental Health, and the amazing mentor I had. She was very patient with me and never made me feel uncomfortable with asking questions. I was very timid and scared my first week there, and Teresa did everything she could to make me feel safe. Having her as my mentor for 4 weeks was an experience I will never forget, because of the professional growth I gained during that short time period. Seeing how Teresa was with me, made me want to help new employees down the road, once I had more experience under my belt. I remember with Teresa, I was supposed to start day 1 with only 1 patient and then each day, add 1 more patient to my workload. However, on day 1, Teresa gave me 3 patients and by the third day, I had all 6. She thought that only having 1 patient for 12 hours would be rather boring and she made it known that she would be there to guide me along the way. I think by her encouraging me and pushing me a little bit out of my comfort zone, helped me to become the nurse I am today, and helped me gain the confidence that I needed as a brand new nurse, especially in psych. I think I would mentor other providers, the same way I was mentored. There are a couple mental health workers who are considering going to nursing school, and I strongly encourage them to do so. As a mentor, I would make sure that the person I am mentoring knows that my door is always open for them. I would make myself available for any and all questions. I would encourage them and probably push them a little out of their comfort zone as well, because that is what really helped me to strive towards success. I would be there to encourage and cheer them on, along the way. Being a good mentor takes someone really special with a good heart, patience and passion for the field they are mentoring in.

response 4

For my capstone project I chose the infectious disease coordinator at my workplace as my mentor. Working towards capstone RN to BSN project was very challenging.  However, having a mentor empowered me to eradicate or ease barricades by improving my confidence in Evidence Based Practice and establishing trust in my skill to work towards the implementation as EBP “Proper Hand Hygiene Compliance for Patient Safety.” During our first meeting I was dreading the project; she talked and assured me that we will be successful on the project, but I felt I was not confident enough in myself. Due to great intraprofessional collaboration with my mentor throughout my clinical emersion hours, I have found that I was amazed to see how much passion she had to guide me through my research journey. She was very supportive and caring regarding research that needed to be done as EBP. Displaying the quality of honesty, mutual trust and respect to ensure and improve my knowledge as desired for capstone project. She made the practice approaches enjoyable by providing support, organizing learning practice activities, supervising and offering productive feedback, assessing performance, monitoring and setting realistic goals to name a few. And according to IPS form GCU (n. d.), she maintained a high professionalism by exercising professional nursing leadership and management roles in the promotion of patient safety and quality care. Comply with health care policy development to influence nursing practice and health care. Comprehend nursing concepts and health theories. Understand and value the processes of critical thinking, ethical reasoning, and decision making. Utilize the nursing process to provide safe and effective care for patients across the health-illness continuum: promoting, maintaining, and restoring health; preventing disease. Implement patient care decisions based on evidence-based practice. Provide individualized education to diverse patient patients and health care providers. At the end I overcome my fear and met my optimal goals by gaining experience from a more experienced professional who guided and educated me about relevant necessary skills to be effective.

ISP form GCU (n. d.) Retrieved October 12, 2017 from NRS-490 Individual Success Plan

Response 5At the beginning of my nursing career in my facility, they enlisted all new graduate nurse to participate in a nurse residency program. My hospital is actually the first nurse residency in Florida to be recognized. It is very beneficial because as a new nurse feelings of uncertainty, and insufficiency are feelings that most feel. An example form an online source mentions, mentorship being an exchange of learning that two individuals share while in a new experience (Hnatuik, Cynthia, 2013). My mentor at work is very knowledgeable, she is kind, caring and is always open to answer questions even when she is busy. She supports me continuing my education and she even offers to help with school whenever I need assistance. A great example of using your mentor appropriately is last weekend when I had a very critical patient. The situation was my patient was suffering from neurogenic shock and had a new onset of atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular rate. I had to call the critical care group all night to attempt to combat the cardiac rhythm. We do not take care of many cardiac patients due to the fact that we specialize in neurologic patients. The critical care provider ordered a 10mg IV push of Diltiazem (Cardizem), I was unsure if the ordered dose was acceptable or if it was a normal so I consulted my mentor. She was actually unsure but she advised me to call pharmacy to clarify. We did that and pharmacy clarified the ordered amount was within normal limits for administration. Thank God for my mentor because I had pulled two vials of Cardizem and if I was to push the full two vials I would have killed the patient. In reality the 10mg was actually 2ml not 10ml. I tend to be some sort of a mentor to the newer nurses because you can tell that they are overwhelmed and it helps for them to hear from someone who has been in their shoes. I usually tell them never fear asking a question and if you do not feel comfortable about doing something seek clarification before you do something that can cause harm to a patient.

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