RN mentors help new nurses thrive

[pickledpepperRN]

Interesting reading.Three mentors are interviewed:

http://nursing.advanceweb.com/common/EditorialSearch/printerfriendly.aspx?AN=NW_05jun13_n10p38.html&AD=06-13-2005

Issue Date: June 13, 2005

RN mentors help new nurses thrive

By Candy Goulette

When Elizabeth Pataki, RN, graduated from nursing school in 1960, she entered a world dominated by stern, senior nurses who didn't put up with whining from new grads. She learned the ropes with generous support from other nurses out of the glare of daily rounds. Now, 45 years later, Pataki, a nurse at Catholic Healthcare West's (CHW) Mercy General Hospital in Sacramento, is paying that generosity forward by becoming a mentor herself for a new nurse.

"I remember so vividly my own early years, looking around seeing the empty faces of those who were going to leave the profession because they just didn't have anyone to turn to," Pataki recalled. "It's important that we stop eating our young and help them become good nurses."

Pataki is one of nearly 50 nurses in four CHW facilities across the state taking new nurses under their wings as part of the California Nurse Mentor Project. The innovative program is a cooperative venture between CHW and the California Nurses Foundation, an offshoot of the California Nurses Association, through a $904,000, 3-year grant awarded in 2003 from The California Endowment....

[mstigerlily]

We have mentors in our hospital, even on nights and I use them frequently. Charge nurses is usually too busy to be found but mentors check in with me several times a night to see if I need help and are always available to answer questions, assist with patients or just hang out and chat. I love our mentors!!

Melissa

Interesting reading.Three mentors are interviewed:

http://nursing.advanceweb.com/common/EditorialSearch/printerfriendly.aspx?AN=NW_05jun13_n10p38.html&AD=06-13-2005

Issue Date: June 13, 2005

RN mentors help new nurses thrive

By Candy Goulette

When Elizabeth Pataki, RN, graduated from nursing school in 1960, she entered a world dominated by stern, senior nurses who didn't put up with whining from new grads. She learned the ropes with generous support from other nurses out of the glare of daily rounds. Now, 45 years later, Pataki, a nurse at Catholic Healthcare West's (CHW) Mercy General Hospital in Sacramento, is paying that generosity forward by becoming a mentor herself for a new nurse.

"I remember so vividly my own early years, looking around seeing the empty faces of those who were going to leave the profession because they just didn't have anyone to turn to," Pataki recalled. "It's important that we stop eating our young and help them become good nurses."

Pataki is one of nearly 50 nurses in four CHW facilities across the state taking new nurses under their wings as part of the California Nurse Mentor Project. The innovative program is a cooperative venture between CHW and the California Nurses Foundation, an offshoot of the California Nurses Association, through a $904,000, 3-year grant awarded in 2003 from The California Endowment....

[Tweety, BSN, RN]

I remember vividly how it felt to be a new grad.

Just a friendly hello and welcome, can go a long way. It's up to us old folks to not only nuture the new, but to learn from them as well.