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Mentorship in nursing academia: a systematic review protocol

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Title
Mentorship in nursing academia: a systematic review protocol
Published in
Systematic Reviews, February 2015
DOI 10.1186/s13643-015-0007-5
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Lorelli Nowell, Deborah E White, Kelly Mrklas, Jill M Norris

Abstract

Mentorship is perceived as vital to attracting, training, and retaining nursing faculty members and to maintaining high-quality education programs. While there is emerging evidence to support the value of mentorship in academic medicine, the extant state of the evidence for mentorship in nursing academia has not been established. We describe a protocol for a mixed-methods systematic review to critically appraise the evidence for mentorship in nursing academia. Studies examining the effectiveness of mentorship interventions with nursing faculty who teach in registered nursing education programs will be included. Mentee, mentor, and nursing education institutional outcomes will be explored. Quantitative, qualitative, and mixed method studies will be eligible for inclusion, without restrictions on publication status, year of publication, or language. We will search electronic databases (for example, MEDLINE, CINAHL, ERIC) and gray literature (for example, conference proceedings, key journals, relevant organizational websites) for relevant citations. Using pilot-tested screening and data extraction forms, two reviewers will independently review the studies in three steps: (1) abstract/title screening, (2) full-text screening of accepted studies, and (3) data extraction of accepted studies. Studies will be aggregated for meta-synthesis (qualitative) and meta-analysis (quantitative), should the data permit. This study is the first systematic review of existing global evidence for mentorship in nursing academia. It will help identify key evidence gaps and inform the development and implementation of mentorship interventions. The mentorship outcomes that result from this review could be used to guide the practice of mentorship to increase positive outcomes for nursing faculty and the students they teach and ultimately effect improvements for the patients they care for. This review will also identify key considerations for future research on mentorship in nursing academia and the enhancement of nursing science.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Spain 1 <1%
Netherlands 1 <1%
Unknown 164 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 26 16%
Student > Bachelor 26 16%
Student > Ph. D. Student 16 10%
Student > Postgraduate 10 6%
Student > Doctoral Student 10 6%
Other 32 19%
Unknown 47 28%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 55 33%
Medicine and Dentistry 27 16%
Social Sciences 11 7%
Psychology 5 3%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 2%
Other 20 12%
Unknown 46 28%
Attention Score in Context

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#13,374,110
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#1,394
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#117,585
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#28
of 39 outputs
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