On the onset of the program, the research must look for prospective subject such as a nursing school or health care institutions which have a valid sample of 50 mentors and their mentees. Depending on what kind of mentoring approaches they are building their relationship on, criteria for partnership between mentor and mentees needs to be determined first-hand (Cramer and Prentice-Dunn, 2007). Only those who volunteered for the program will be assigned to a mentor.
It is beneficial if the program starts with clear communication between the mentor, mentee, and the supervisor. Goals and objectives must be presented to one another, and also expectations must be addressed from the mentor, mentee, and supervisor. Some pairing should be made to ensure that the mentor is knowledgeable and experienced with the specialization of the nurse and his or her manager. Activities of the Mentorship Program The proposal is set to follow a workshop to begin with.
Mentors, mentees, and their supervisors are made to work together and communicate issues and concerns for a full day. This will also facilitate arrangements on schedules based on the preferences of both participants. Following this workshop is a feedback gathering process of determining the reactions of both mentor and mentee’s initial pairing. A questionnaire will be distributed to ensure valid responses from the subjects. The second workshop is designed to facilitate individual encouragement of skills to establish their relationships with their mentors.
At this phase, we can solicit individual participant’s skills, or ask help from an independent professional network to facilitate building the relationship. Mentoring workshops will be conducted in a weekly basis following the start of the program. Five months can be allocated in developing the relationship between mentors and mentees, using strategies to help develop skills, career, include team building activities, and leadership trainings.