title: Mentoring: improving transition to practice.
abstract: Nurse graduates indicate the transition from student of nursing to registered nurse (RN) is a difficult conversion. This impending change of role and accompanying higher expectations placed upon newly graduating RNs causes concern for students as their Bachelor of Nursing program nears completion. A career mentor scheme is suggested as a way to better prepare final year students for this transition. Evaluations indicate the positive impact the scheme has made on both mentors and mentees as it has enhanced their career development.
authors.affiliation: Queensland University of Technology, Australia.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Theobald
authors.forename: Marion
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mitchell
mesh_terms: D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008611:Mentors; D017145:Models, Educational; D011793:Queensland; D012951:Socialization