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KMID : 1022320090030020081
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Asian Nursing Research
2009 Volume.3 No. 2 p.81 ~ p.89
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Mentorship in the Japanese Nursing Education Community
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Kuwabara Yumi
Johnson Judith
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the characteristics of mentorship in the Japanese nursing education community.
Methods: The participants of this study were sophomore and graduate students and faculty members from a nursing school at a Japanese university. The study was described to each of the subjects and potential participants had the choice to participate in the study. This descriptive study utilized a self-administered questionnaire that included questions about years of nursing experience, educational level, their relationship with mentors, characteristics of mentors, and mentoring behaviors. Fifty-eight of 115 sophomores (Group 1), all 28 graduate students (Group 2), and 17 of 21 faculty members completed the questionnaire (Group 3). Chi-square and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used to investigate if differences existed among the groups. Data were collected from 2001 to 2002.
Results: The mentors characteristics which were 1) supportive, 2) provide vision, and 3) objective/clearthinker were similar for the three groups. Group 1 and Group 2 received a significantly higher percentage of support for personal problems and offered more quotable quotes from their mentors compared with Group 3. Group 2 received the greatest amount of mentoring support from their mentors among the three groups.
Conclusions: Findings from the study suggest that the characteristics of mentors in the Japanese nursing education community may be described as supportive, visionary, and objective/clear-thinkers. The combination of situation and position appears to influence the participants identification of characteristics of their mentors, the type of behaviors they look for in a mentor, and if they view themselves as a mentor.
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KEYWORD
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education, faculty, mentors, nursing, students
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