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Assessment and Self-Assessment of Mentoring Effectiveness at the Pregraduate Nursing Study of the Department of Health Studies at the University of Zadar

Introduction: Mentoring represents a form of progress in the profession of nursing, and, therefore, it is extremely important that a nurse critically and objectively considers what the role of mentor implies. Most of the mentors at the Study of Nursing at the Health Department of Zadar's University have completed the pregraduate professional study of nursing, and thus, during their education, have not acquired an adequate level of technical knowledge in the field of mentoring. Generally, they gain education in the area of mentoring from their lecturers, in the form of written and oral instructions (formally and informally), and through their own observations during the subject course which they mentor, as well as through the process of self-education via professional literature. Aims:examination of self-assesment of mentors'/ nurses' abilities at the Study of Nursing - students' assessment of mentors'/nurses' abilities at the Study of Nursing - assessment of professional values of mentors, shown during clinical practice, on the basis of the collected questionnaires of nursing students - examination of the difference between self-mentor and student assessments Subjects:The subjects are nurses, mentoring at the Pregraduate Study of Nursing at the Department of Health Studies of Zadar's University, employed in the General Hospital in Zadar, as well as the students of the Pregraduate Study of Nursing. Research instruments:The standardized questionaire, created by the Department of the quality of studies of Zadar's University, was used. It contains the questions on self-mentor assesment of the quality of practice performance. The questionaire for students contains eighteen, and the one aimed at the mentors seventeen questions, as well as three additional questions on mentor's age, work experience and professional qulifications. Stastical methods:Statistical analysis was performed by means of Statistica software package. Criterion of significance was p<0.05. Results:The results, obtained by statistical analysis, as well as their interpretation, will be represented at the Conference.

mentoring; nursing; education

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