Practice of mentoring in clinical supervision : basis for a proposed nursing development program in the Philippines / Milagros G. Clarin 6

Thesis (Ph.D.) -- Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, 2008.;A dissertation presented to the faculty of Graduate School of Arts, Sciences and Education in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Education major in Educational Administration. 56

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ABSTRACT: This study determined the practice of mentoring relationship among Filipino nurses in the United Kingdom and the development of Nursing Mentoring Training Program. The group of Filipino nurses who had undergone Adaptation Program/Supervised Practice Period within the UK out of 115 nurses, a total of 90 nurses were included in the research. The Mentoring Experience Survey (MES) and Mentoring Interview were the two main instruments utilized for data gathering. Descriptive analysis method was employed in the study to identify the practice of mentoring relationship among nurses using retrospective data. The survey provided data about participants mentoring experiences during their supervised nurse practice periods. Likewise, qualitative method was utilized in this study to explore the richness, depth, and complexity of mentoring relationship phenomenon. Interactive interviewing was done, wherein the participants were asked to describe verbally their experiences on mentoring relationship. Detailed data was gathered through open-ended questions. Data were interpreted and correlated to find the relationship that exists between the practice of mentoring and each of the following variables of the mentor namely; age, sex, educational background and job position. The study also seek to find out the mean differences among the responses of the respondents as to description of the mentoring relationship. Based on the findings, there is a significant relationship that exist between the practice of mentoring relationship and the variables of the mentor. Findings show that there is no significant relationship between the mean score difference among the responses of the respondents as to the intensity of mentoring relationship. It was seen that during and after each mentoring, mentor and mentee maintain their closeness which brought about their mutual understanding. There is no significant relationship between the mean score difference among responses of the respondents as to the quality of mentoring relationships. It also revealed that mentors influenced the development of long term satisfaction and performance of their mentees. Based on the conclusion made, the following recommendations are hereby proposed by the researcher: 1. Continuing Education Program for nurses a. Training of Trainors to become a Mentor b. Mentorship: An Introduction to Career Development c. Creating Teacher Mentoring Program The implementation of the proposed program and its possible publication for wider information dissemination can address the issues on retention/shortage of new nurses. 2. Avail the use of Website and Join Organization to hone the mentees knowledge and skills and develop desirable mentoring relationship. Examples of websites are : a. International Mentoring Network Organization b. http://www.mentoring group.com c. Holistic Mentorshipnetwork.com d. Nursing Net Mentoring Projects e. Nursing Hands Peer group 3. Design tools and techniques on mentoring assistance services to nurses for further development of quality mentoring relationships. 4. Educators/Curriculum Planner - Include mentorship in the curriculum of the Nursing Education since the nursing students are considered the end-user of the development program in nursing practice, mentorship can be included in the curriculum of the nursing education for at least sixty hours. This mentorship program would allow the students to work one-on-one with registered nurse in a Clinical Specialty Area, so that they can experience the first hand reward of the modality of learning in order to have an overview of nursing in the professional or personal aspect that would bridge the gap between theory and practice this will in turn allow students to try new skills and gain self-confidence and validation. 5. Clinicians/Administrators - should look for approaches that will attract and retain the newest of nurses in the country. Mentoring strategy could be the solution for the retention of these nurses. 6. Research should continue to give way to a more thorough understanding of this valuable human relationship that would expand more the role of mentorship not only in the field of nursing but also in other related areas of expertise.

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