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Nurse Mentoring

About Nurse Mentoring 

 

Michigan Center for Nursing recognizes the importance of nurse mentoring. Nurse mentoring is essential for fostering professional growth, improving job satisfaction, and strengthening the healthcare workforce. By pairing experienced nurses with those new to the profession, mentoring provides invaluable guidance, builds confidence, and enhances clinical skills. It also helps reduce burnout, improves patient outcomes, and promotes career development. A strong mentoring culture not only supports individual nurses but also contributes to a more skilled and resilient healthcare system.​

Share Your Story!
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Have you participated in nurse mentoring? Michigan Center for Nursing wants to collect stories from mentees and mentors to promote mentoring efforts across the state.
Contact us today to share your story.
Nurse Mentoring Programs 

 

Below are a number of mentoring programs that currently exist in the state of Michigan. To add one, please contact us.​​​

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  • MSU 

    • College of Nursing Mentoring Program “Spartan Nursing Alumni pay it forward”

      • Mentors are Spartan Nursing Alumni, and mentees are new graduate nurses of a College of Nursing baccalaureate program

        • Contact: Becky Chipchase, Office Supervisor for the College of Nursing Development and Alumni Relations office at chipcha2@msu.edu or (517) 432-5033.

  • Michigan Nursing (U of M)

    • Clinical Mentor Directory

      • The primary role is to help students to learn clinical skills and translate research findings into clinical practice settings.

  • Henry Ford Health

    • Mentoring and Peer Review

      • All nurses are assigned a mentor for a six-month period following the completion of unit/department orientation.

  • American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL)

Other Mentoring Resources 

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NEW! Nurse Mentoring Toolkit
Our Mentoring Toolkit includes: 

  • Tips, instructions, checklists, activities, worksheets, powerpoints, agreement and contract samples, handouts, discussion starters, communication techniques, constructive feedback and scenarios, skills inventory, and more 

  • Learn the difference between Precepting and Mentoring 

 

Retired Nurse Mentoring 

MI Nurses Association encourages retired nurses to consider mentoring a nursing student, among other ideas of what retired nurses can do.

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