The Effect of Formal Online Peer Mentor Training on Mentor Self-Confidence

The stress levels experienced by student registered nurse anesthetists (SRNAs) make them excellent candidates to experience the benefits of peer mentoring. Many students assigned as mentors lack the necessary skills to support an adequate mentoring relationship. Mentor training programs have proven successful in providing mentors with the skills, knowledge, and selfconfidence to support the next generation of SRNAs. The purpose of this quality improvement project was to determine if DNP nurse anesthesia peer mentors, who have undergone formal online mentor training, experience higher levels of confidence after participating in formal mentor training. Thirty-eight students from two cohorts of the nurse anesthesia program were invited to enroll in the online Mentor Training Workshop via Canvas. The mentor training workshop featured education about mentorship best practices for developing a successful mentoring relationship. Participants began by assessing their pre-workshop confidence level through an adapted version of the Mentor Competency Assessment survey. Participants were granted self-guided access to the workshop modules with a deadline of three weeks. The workshop entitled “SRNA Mentor Training” consisted of four education modules based on objectives criterion. Participants then completed the same survey after completion of the workshop. Participant’s responses indicated improved overall confidence with mentoring and in their ability to meet the needs of their mentees. These results were found to be statistically significant with a value of 0.018 and 0.009, respectively (P< 0.05).

Creator

• Hughes, Angelica

Language

• English

Palabra Clave

• graduate nursing mentor
• peer mentor training
• Mentor Competency Assessment
• SRNA mentors
• mentor self-confidence

Date created

• 2022

Resource type

• Research Paper

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