World Journal of
Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences

EFFECT OF CLINICAL MENTORSHIP PROGRAM ON WORK ENVIRONMENT SATISFACTION OF NOVICE NURSES WORKING IN SELECTED HOSPITAL, BANGALORE

Dr. Prof. Hemalatha R.*, Geena Babu Cleetus and Melby Thomas

ABSTRACT

Background: Mentoring promotes best clinical practices and professional growth for the novice nurses. Aim: The study aimed to identify the effectiveness of structured clinical mentorship program on work environment satisfaction among novice nurses. Method: An Evaluative Research approach with repeated measures design was used. Eighty-Eight Nurses with less than one year of experience (Mentees) were selected for study using simple random sampling. After matching with a Mentor, a Work Environment Scale was used to assess the work environment satisfaction before intervention and at 6 months and 12 months of intervention. The mentees undergone a Structured Clinical Mentorship Program. This comprised of individual mentoring for the nurses by trained mentors. Results: The Work Environment Satisfaction Mean before the intervention was 139.78 (SD +/-17.21). The Mean at 6 months was 158.62 (SD +/- 13.25) and at 12 months was 151.61(SD+/- 13.70) after intervention. Repeated measures ANOVA F- test revealed that there was very high level of statistical significance between pre and post-test assessment at 6 months and 12 months at P=0.001 level indicating that the Clinical Mentorship Program had significant impact on the work environment satisfaction for the Mentees. Conclusion: Clinical Mentorship Program made significant improvement in work environment satisfaction among mentees.

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