Table 5 Relation between nurse mentors’ knowledge and their performance and competencies (n = 30)
Mentors’ knowledge | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pre-program | Post-program | |||||||
Unsatisfactory Knowledge (n = 19) | Satisfactory Knowledge (n = 11) | Unsatisfactory Knowledge (n = 6) | Satisfactory Knowledge (n = 24) | |||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Mentors’ performance | ||||||||
Unsatisfactory performance | 15 | 78.9 | 6 | 54.5 | 5 | 83.3 | 6 | 25.0 |
Satisfactory performance | 4 | 21.1 | 5 | 45.5 | 1 | 16.7 | 18 | 75.0 |
Test of significance (χ2, P) | χ2 = 1.975, P = 0.160 | χ2 = 7.033, P = 0.008* | ||||||
Mentors’ Competencies Level | ||||||||
Low level of mentorship competencies | 12 | 63.2 | 7 | 63.6 | 4 | 66.7 | 1 | 4.2 |
Moderate level of mentorship competencies | 4 | 21.1 | 3 | 27.3 | 2 | 33.3 | 6 | 25.0 |
High level of mentorship competencies | 3 | 15.8 | 1 | 9.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 70.8 |
Test of significance (χ2, P) | χ2 = 0.350, P = 0.839 | χ2 = 15.625, P < 0.001** | ||||||