Use of Glucometer

To be a good mentor you have to have great qualities like being helpful and being really good at giving good constructive criticism. Whomever you're mentoring should receive information that is both positive and negative. You want to makes sure you give pros and cons so that your mentee can learn from them. (Patterson) Some social activities that you can do in mentoring programs include talking about life experiences, having lunch together, and visiting the mentor's home for a bonding experience. (Wexler) Although most mentoring programs usually have short durations and are claimed to be a “waste of money,” they are beneficial to girls because they prevent peer pressure, diseases, and pregnancies; encourage girls to be more mannerable, respectful, and ladylike; and results in kids being more likely to graduate high school and attend college.

Mentors should reflect confidence, hope, optimism, and resiliency as well as the ability to promote others and their strengths. This sounds uncannily like the descriptions of an authentic leader that we have been reading about in our literature.

With mentoring, organizations are able to see major improvements when it comes to productivity, efficiency, knowledge and leadership skills. However, these are just a few of the reasons why mentors are so important.

Issues such as staff shortage, increased workload, staff feeling threatened by the student nurses, and poor teaching skills can contribute to students not feeling supported (Burns and Paterson, 2005). Nursing students had identified that anxiety as their main concern in the research done by Masoumi and Sharif (2005). The unfamiliarity of tending for patients and worrying of making mistakes during the clinical attachment are the factors that students feel anxious. Mentor can diminish anxiety by utilizing simulation, where genuine case studies and scenarios are being simulated and roles and responsibilities of student nurse are being discussed (Burns and Paterson, 2005).Gradual encouragement in helping student nurse to gain control over their own learning may aid to construct their confidence which will reduce their

"Mentoring is a special quality, skill set and attitude," she says. "The benefits are not only between the mentor and mentee, but the future generations."

The assignment will allow me to reflect on my own experiences in my new role as a mentor and will follow the journey of a student nurse and her

For many clinical experiences, the instructor assigns a nurse mentor to work with the student for that clinical experience. Some nurse mentors may have negative feelings about having to mentor students, may not take the time to explain things to students, or teach them how to do nursing care. The nurse mentor has the potential to positively or negatively affect the student’s learning experience based on their willingness to work with and teach nursing students.

In life, we all have a mentor who looks out for us. A figure that stands out and serves as a foundation for how our future ends up. Mentors can be our closest relatives, our best friends, or even people that we’ve never met, just those who stand out to us. Mentors teach us principles that they want us to follow and think is best. They mold us with their knowledge and shape us into people that they want us to be.

Mentoring is relationship orientated – it provides a safe environment where the mentore shares any issues which can affect their mentors professional and personal success. Mentoring also focuses on work/life balance, self confidence and self perception.

Teaching and learning in the clinical setting is not a new concept and the teaching of clinical skill to nursing student ranks high on the current agenda of nurse education (Pfeil, 2003). Therefore, has be the duty of teachers to continue to provide ongoing guidance during teaching and learning taking place. According to While (2004), the mentor is required to feel personally and professionally confident when assessing the student’s performance. This allows the development of the students will become better and more effective.

Mentoring for the mentor is about challenging himself to perform to greater capabilities while nurturing a mentee and stretching them to realise their full potential. Mentors counsel, tutor and guide their mentees in developing themselves.

Offender Young was seen in health services today regarding his diabetes mellitus. In reviewing his diabetes, he is currently on 850 mg of metformin three times a day and this seems to be quite beneficial for him. He has an average blood sugar reading of 129 in the a.m., 115 noon, 124 p.m. He has an average of 122 over the last seven days.

The past two days I have spent in clinical has been a great learning experience. The first day, Wednesday, I had a patient who was a frequent flyer. He had just been admitted to the med-surg floor the day prior from the ICU. He was admitted to the hospital for DKA. He was admitted to the hospital multiple times in December because he is noncompliant with his diet for diabetes. The second day, I had a patient with has asities and A-fib. With this patient I learned the importance in receiving, and giving report to the next nurse. As my nurse and I were preparing my patient’s morning medications the nurse noticed that the dosage on one medication had increased. Before we gave the medication she went to speak with the doctor, who then informed

Firstly, I went through the patient chat to read her history and fine out a bit more before I went to her bedside. When I reached at the patient bedside she was eating her breakfast, I introduced myself and told her why I came to her, but also stated I will leave he to finish her breakfast and return after she was finished. My patient history was very alarming, especially her diabetes. In her history, my patient came in 26/10/2016 with a blood sugar level at 401mg/dl they put her on dextrose saline 0.9% NaCl. During the night (11 pm) the patient blood

Learning mentors tend to work on a one to one level or in small numbered groups, a learning mentor must be a good listener, be able to encourage and motivate and act as a role model and encourage the build up of a mutually respectful relationship (Hayward, 2001).