Author/Editor		Mikkonen, Kristina; Tomietto, Marco; Tuomikoski, Anna-Maria; Kaučič, Boris Miha; Riklikiene, Olga; Vizcaya-Moreno, M. Flores; Perez-Cañaveras, Rosa M.; Filej, Bojana; Baltinaite, Giedre; Cicolini, Giancarlo; Kääriäinen, Maria
Title		Mentors' competence in mentoring nursing students in clinical practice
Type		članek
Vol. and No.		, št. Vol. 9
Publication year		2022
Volume		str. 593-603
ISSN		2054-1058
Language		eng
Abstract		Aims_To describe the mentoring competence of clinical practice nurse mentors and identify different mentor profiles. Design: Cross-sectional research design, secondary analysis. Methods: An international, cross-sectional study design was performed in five European countries. A total of 1 604 mentors from 33 healthcare organizations participated in the study between 2016-2019. The Mentors' Competence Instrument (MCI), which includes seven sub-dimensions and 44 items, was used to collect data. K-means cluster and binary regression analyses were performed to detect mentor profiles and determine how various factors affect competence, respectively. Results: The K-means cluster analysis identified three distinct profiles: A (n = 926); B (n = 566); and C (n = 85). The profiles showed significantly different values (p < .001) across all seven areas of mentoring competence. In comparison with the other profiles, nurses in profile A were older, had more work experience and were more probably to have completed mentoring-specific training.
Descriptors		Zdravstvena nega
Keywords		nursing students mentor profiles clinical practice Europa zdravstvena nega organizacija visoko šolstvo mentorstvo klinična praksa Evropa