title: Mentorship: a key to retention and recruitment.
abstract: Currently there is renewed interest in the selection of nursing as a career. As nursing education programs graduate more new nurses, the challenge is passed to the clinical agencies to provide an environment in which these novice nurses can flourish and remain engaged in providing quality nursing care. Mentorship programs are essential strategies to retain them in clinical practice as they begin their evolution as professional nurses.
authors.affiliation: Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Cecelia Gatson
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Grindel
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008611:Mentors; D009729:Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010559:Personnel Management / Q000379:methods*; D010560:Personnel Selection; D010563:Personnel Turnover