Mikkonen K, Tomietto M, Tuomikoski AM, Miha Kaučič B, Riklikiene O, Vizcaya-Moreno F, Pérez-Cañaveras RM, Filej B, Baltinaite G, Cicolini G, Kääriäinen M. Mentors' competence in mentoring nursing students in clinical practice: Detecting profiles to enhance mentoring practices.
Nurs Open 2021;
9:593-603. [PMID:
34726336 PMCID:
PMC8685782 DOI:
10.1002/nop2.1103]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2021] [Revised: 09/17/2021] [Accepted: 10/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
AIMS
To describe the mentoring competence of clinical practice nurse mentors and identify different mentor profiles.
DESIGN
Cross-sectional research design, secondary analysis.
METHODS
An international, cross-sectional study design was performed in five European countries. A total of 1 604 mentors from 33 healthcare organizations participated in the study between 2016-2019. The Mentors' Competence Instrument (MCI), which includes seven sub-dimensions and 44 items, was used to collect data. K-means cluster and binary regression analyses were performed to detect mentor profiles and determine how various factors affect competence, respectively.
RESULTS
The K-means cluster analysis identified three distinct profiles: A (n = 926); B (n = 566); and C (n = 85). The profiles showed significantly different values (p < .001) across all seven areas of mentoring competence. In comparison with the other profiles, nurses in profile A were older, had more work experience and were more probably to have completed mentoring-specific training.
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