title: The ethics of personal integrity in leadership and mentorship: a nursing theoretical perspective.
abstract: Mentorship has been rediscovered in the professional nursing literature. It is viewed as an integral relationship to be fostered between members of a discipline for the purpose of developing future nurse leaders. Inherent in the relationship are desired qualities or attributes that are to be taught and practiced by professional nurse leaders for the purpose of developing innovative institutional partnerships between healthcare agencies and schools of nursing. In this column, a unique definition of mentorship will be explicated from the human becoming school of thought. Ethical implications of the concept will be explored.
authors.affiliation: Nursing Graduate and Adult Studies Programs, Olivet Nazarene University, Bourbonnais, Illinois 60914, USA. cmilton@olivet.edu
authors.forename: Constance L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Milton
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002605:Character; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D006803:Human Development / Q000941:ethics; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations / Q000941:ethics*; D007857:Leadership; D008611:Mentors / Q000523:psychology; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009742:Nursing Theory; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000941:ethics; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011361:Professional Competence / Q000592:standards; D012941:Social Responsibility; D012945:Social Values