Nursing Mentorship in an Associate of Science Registered Nursing Program

Abstract

Rigorous nursing school programs and the transition to nursing practice can be difficult for nursing students leading to attrition from nursing school and rapid burnout in the field of nursing. Mentorship programs have been proven to increase student abilities and confidence leading to successful nursing careers. This quality improvement project proposes to use the Plan Do Study Act framework to research and design a nurse-to-student mentorship program for associate registered nursing students. Nursing school mentorship programs have demonstrated a wide variety of benefits for all participants and involvement in these programs leads to future success as a nurse. This mentorship program aims to establish a supportive nursing community to increase nursing school retention as well as job satisfaction and longevity for recently graduated nursing students.