A successful online mentoring program for nurses.
OBJECTIVE
This article describes the successful implementation of An Online Mentoring Program for Nurses at a Magnet-designated acute care medical center, Morristown Memorial Hospital (MMH/Atlantic Health).


BACKGROUND
A comprehensive approach to incorporating mentor-protégée teams into professional nurse role development has been demonstrated to (1) improve nurse employee satisfaction, retention, and recruitment outcomes; (2) change the ways nurses and others perceive nurses; (3) augment support by managers and coworkers; and (4) improve patient care outcomes.


RESULTS
Nurses are partnered in mentor-protégée relationships and continually engage one another by evaluating the protégée's unique contributions and identifying specific strategic actions to move the protégée toward accomplishing their professional objectives.


RESULTS
Building an online mentor-protégée collaboration: (1) maximizing potential, (2) identifying the protégée's unique contributions, and (3) strategic planning.


CONCLUSIONS
The online mentoring process is a success and has delivered measurable results that have benefited the nurse participants and contributed to our institution's culture of nursing engagement.


CONCLUSIONS
The online mentoring process has potential to benefit nurses and their organizations by (1) providing real-time communication, (2) facilitating strategic thinking, (3) monitoring progress, (4) "going green," and (5) improving organizational knowledge.
O'Keefe
Trish
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Morristown Memorial Hospital Atlantic Health, Morristown, New Jersey, USA.
Forrester
David Anthony Tony
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D020375:Education, Distance; D004506:Education, Nursing; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008611:Mentors; D009729:Nursing; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013192:Staff Development