Skip to main content

Table 4 Responses to practice dimension

From: Clinical nursing mentors’ motivation, attitude, and practice for mentoring and factors associated with them

 

Always

Often

Sometimes

Rarely

Hardly ever

1. I will adjust the guidance methods for new nurses/interns with different personalities. P

218(44.0)

213(43.0)

62(12.5)

2(0.4)

0(0)

2. I care about the learning, work, and life issues encountered by new nurses/interns. P

137(27.7)

213(43.0)

113(22.8)

16(3.2)

16(3.2)

3. I regularly summarize methods and organize records during the guidance of new nurses/interns. P

131(26.5)

189(38.2)

143(28.9)

30(6.1)

2(0.4)

4. When I encounter problems that cannot be resolved during the guidance of new nurses/interns, I seek help from the department or nursing department. P

105(21.2)

139(28.1)

188(38.0)

47(9.5)

16(3.2)

5. I continuously enhance my nursing knowledge and comprehensive abilities during the guidance of new nurses/interns. P

172(34.7)

237(47.9)

83(16.8)

3(0.6)

0(0)

6. The frequency with which I consider giving up while mentoring new nurses/interns. N

29(5.9)

34(6.9)

87(17.6)

177(35.8)

168(33.9)

7. If conditions allow, I will choose the teaching objects based on personal preferences before starting to guide new nurses/interns. P

36(7.3)

49(9.9)

84(17.0)

118(23.8)

208(42.0)

8. The frequency with which I show impatience when new nurses/interns perform poorly multiple times. N

20(4.0)

20(4.0)

65(13.1)

176(35.6)

214(43.2)

9. I have a high level of trust in the abilities of new nurses/interns in my daily work. P

107(21.6)

240(48.5)

129(26.1)

16(3.2)

3(0.6)

10. I allow new nurses/interns to have clinical exposure during guidance.

105(21.2)

257(51.9)

122(24.6)

10(2.0)

1(0.2)

11. The opportunities I can participate in hospital-assigned teaching method training. P

100(20.2)

138(27.9)

171(34.5)

73(14.7)

13(2.6)

12. Situations where mentoring work conflicts with clinical work.

Always

Often

Sometimes

Rarely

Hardly ever

26(5.3)

40(8.1)

172(34.7)

182(36.8)

75(15.2)

 

Hands-on ability

Communication ability

Work attitude

Learning ability

Creative spirit

13. The aspect for which I assign the highest weight in the comprehensive evaluation of the new nurses/interns I guide is:

118(23.8)

33(6.7)

284(57.4)

57(11.5)

3(0.6)

14. The aspect for which I assign the lowest weight in the comprehensive evaluation of the new nurses/interns I guide is:

49(9.9)

36(7.3)

43(8.7)

34(6.9)

333(67.3)