The School of Nursing Success In Mentorship Program (SON-SIMP) was created to support underrepresented traditional BSN pre-licensure students in their nursing program to achieve academic and professional success, while providing guidance on professional knowledge to facilitate matriculation success in preparation for their careers in nursing.
Student nurse mentoring programs provides lifelong experiences and plays an important role in developing the competence of nursing students. Mentoring programs engagements have been associated with personal and professional growth and development, academic success, increased student retention, on-time degree completion rates, and reducing inequities in outcomes for underrepresented groups.
In addition, mentoring promotes increased socialization in the upper division professional level of program matriculation, improved self-esteem and professional growth, and facilitates student exploration of nursing career planning, academic preparation to career transition, and leadership development with an alumni mentor.
The goals for mentees and mentors within this program are:
1. Increase first-to-second-year student success.
2. To improve course and clinical matriculation over one semester.
3. Sustain on-time program completion.
4.Increase NCLEX-RN success on first attempt.
5.Improved self-reports of increased confidence level in transition from new graduate to professional practice.
Each mentor and mentee will complete a questionnaire. Responses from the questionnaire will be used to match mentors and mentees with their most compatible partner. Pairs will establish a meeting schedule during their first meeting and are expected to engage at least once a month during the course of the program.
