title: Mentorship and professional role development in undergraduate nursing education.
abstract: Mentoring is a positive method for promoting professional development; however, there is little information in the literature addressing the use of mentoring with baccalaureate nursing students. Because professional socialization is a critical component of baccalaureate nursing education, mentoring would be an optimal methodology. The authors describe how a mentorship program combined with a professional role development course was integrated into a BSN nursing program. The evolution of the faculty-student mentorship program and the professional role development course is presented.
authors.affiliation: nurdr@nurse.emory.edu
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ryan
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Brewer
mesh_terms: D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008611:Mentors; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015397:Program Evaluation