Mentoring Program for Nursing Students
Condition: Mentoring; Nursing Students
Study type: Interventional

Summary: 
      University life is a challenging period for many students. University students mostly leave
      their families and live in crowded environments such as home and home. Research shows that
      students have difficulty in adapting to university life and often experience emotional,
      academic, professional and economic problems. Peer mentoring is one of the methods of
      learning and developing life skills in meeting the needs of university students.The peer
      mentoring intervention, which is used effectively in nursing education, provides benefits to
      both mentor and menene; It provides the opportunity to grow and improve by improving positive
      interaction between peers.It can be said that peer mentoring has a significant effect on
      students in line with the literature information. In this study, it was planned to examine
      the impact of the peer mentoring program applied on the perceived stress and self -confidence
      in order to ensure that the first year students of the nursing students adapt to the
      university life and the profession and to gain the necessary skills to survive in this
      process.
    

Detailed description: 
      In this study, it was planned to examine the impact of the peer mentoring program applied on
      the perceived stress and self -confidence in order to ensure that the first year students of
      the nursing students adapt to the university life and the profession and to gain the
      necessary skills to survive in this process. Study has been planned as a type of randomized
      controlled intervention type with pre -test and monitoring patterns, one of the quantitative
      research methods. 40 mentees (experiment = 20; control = 20) and 20 mentors were included in
      the study.12 -week mentoring program was applied to the mentees by the mentors. In the
      collection of research data, "Personal Information Form", "General Self -Qualification
      Scale", "Self -Confidence Scale" and "Perceived Stress Scale" were used. The measurements
      were taken 3 times:pre test, post-test and 3-months post-test.
    

Intervention name(s): Peer Mentoring Program
Intervention type(s): Behavioral
Intervention description(s): Mentoring program created in academic, social, emotional and safety dimensions.In the academic dimension, there is information about the instructors, course selection, preparing a course study program,efficient study methods,information about the education and training program. Social dimension includes interpersonal relations, participation in social life, free time activities, making friends.The emotional dimension includes developing self-confidence,coping with stress,belonging and motivation.In the security dimension, there are student rights,scholarship opportunities, accommodation opportunities, library and internet facilities, use of the health center and clinical practice. In the mentoring program, it was expected that the mentors would make individual meeting(s) with the mentee they were matched with, face to face, online or over the phone, and share information and support every week. The mentoring program continued for 12 weeks.
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention model: Parallel Assignment
Intervention model description: Study has been planned as a type of randomized controlled intervention type with pre -test and monitoring patterns, one of the quantitative research methods. 40 mentees/first year students (experimental = 20; control = 20) and 20 mentors/fourth year students were included in the study. Simple random randomization was used in the appointment of the students in the sample group to experimental and control groups. Mentors were randomly matched with the mentees assigned to the experimental group.12 -week mentoring program was applied to the mentees by the mentors. In the collection of research data, "Personal Information Form", "General Self -Qualification Scale", "Self -Confidence Scale" and "Perceived Stress Scale" were used. The measurements were taken 3 times:pre test, post-test and 3-months post-test.
Masking: Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary purpose: Prevention
Keywords: peer mentoring; self-efficacy; self-confidence; perceived stress; nursing students