Essays on Mentor

Education is the key component of human life that is associated with the implementation process of sharing and gaining new knowledge. The value of education in human life is growing, and so it cannot be limited only to the period of studying in the education institutions. This process is accompanied by searching for new forms and methods that promote the correct formation of the world view and build proficient and competitive society. Nowadays education is a complicated and diverse social phenomenon, the scope of sharing and assimilating knowledge and social experience. Education integrates various types of activities into a ...

Managing Organization Change

An organization’s existence and operation are always influenced and shaped by different environmental drivers that surround it. These drivers may have their genesis within and outside that particular organization. The sensitivity or insensitivity to these environmental dynamics may contribute to the survival or the fall of an organization respectively (Dixon & Day 2010, p. 275). The institutional environment is always changing with time and knowledge advancement. What may have worked and led to success in a given organization at one point may become outdated and obsolete. Failure of an organization to evolve in relation to these changes may result ...

Questions that spark the spirit of enquiry

<<Author>> <<Date>> Questions that spark the spirit of enquiry Who can I seek out to assist me in enhancing my evidence-based practice (EBP) knowledge and skills and serve as my EBP mentor? EBP is an invaluable practice that brings to bear a systematic combination of clinical expertise, evidence based research and patient preferences and values; and helps improve patient experiences and outcomes (Melnyk and Fineout-Overholt, 2011). It is important to understand that administrative support and role of the mentors in an EBP program is critical. The selection of the right mentors will ensure ...

Star Industries

Learning and Development System Learning and Development Strategies for managing performance using Star Industries’ Performance Management System The need and purpose of the proposed L&D strategy The proposed performance management system for Star Industries shall affect the entire human resources of the company. There shall be grievances, concerns and resistance rising from the employees during such a change. Even worse would be a group of managerial staffs who are equally ignorant of the PMS. This is where the L&D is required. Few reasons for why we need an L&D strategy are 1. Eliminate the problems faced by managers when ...

Introduction

The case for sex against gender as bipolar concepts is controversial. If anything, "gender" has arisen as an increasingly adopted concept in social sciences as part of feminist postulations about "inherent" differences between women's femininity and men's masculinity, particularly as to emphasize "gender" as a basis for social and cultural distinction and "sex" as a biological difference between women and men (Haig, 2004). This distinction appears, however, to be more than a linguistic one. Further, in being adopted, both concepts appear to raise calls for re-examination of initial usages – and, for that matter, applications – of both concepts as to ...

Introduction

Contemporary healthcare systems the world over are increasingly being presented with challenging and tumultuous times such that, these outcomes are most likely to be embraced by workers in the nursing profession as the new normal. In today’s hectic healthcare industry environment, nursing leaders play a critical role in enabling nursing teams professionally and ethically dispense assigned responsibilities as much as these responsibilities seem to increase exponentially. Nurses and more so, nursing leaders have to exhibit high degrees of professional as well as personal accountability even in situations abound with growing stressors that can potentially diminish their leadership capabilities. ...

Her hands shook, each finger twitching in a frenzied and broken rhythm that no one could have possibly understood. That was okay, the rhythm of her fingers matched the erratic beating of her heart at that moment. She had done something horrible, something that she might never have believed possible of herself in a million years. Worse than that though, so much so in fact that she felt it as a sudden awakening in the pit of her stomach, she’d enjoyed it. She had put a gun to a man’s head and pulled the trigger, and she ...

Development of sciences, broad distribution of scientific methods make academics mediate about research ethics. The ethic problematics gains a special acuteness and popularity with the rapid growth of the qualitative research methods. Researching various sensitive topics in the scientific world, the ethical divisiveness quite clearly manifests itself with multiple methodological decisions. Ethics (from Greek “etika”) is a philosophical discipline learning morale and virtues. In the sphere of modern scientific activity, ethics deals with peculiarities of moral relations inside the scientific community, determining codes of conduct, norms and rules. Social sciences worldwide accumulated substantial experience in dealing with this problem. ...

Employee orientation is the method of familiarizing the employee to the organization, company or the intended job. The purpose of the orientation is to help the employee to gain better understanding of the processes involved at the workplace and start the journey of integration. It is a good exercise since it helps the new employee to understand his or her position at the organization, obligations bestowed to him or her and how they are supposed to tackle them. There is the need for a new system administrator to be acquainted with the job and its environment. It means that ...

Abstract

The purpose of the paper is to discuss coaching, mentoring and counseling as the approaches taken by managers in order to benefit in the future. It was found that in any system of activity evaluation the result includes both a feedback on the performance of the work and development plans aimed at improving the individual employee in the future. There are three related roles, in which the manager may be involved in the feedback process and the development, namely coaching, counseling and mentoring. Every method was briefly described. Much has been written about coaching, and review of the literature ...

Life Skills Audit

I am conducting a SWOT analysis to examine my individual development and my own personal experience relating to my Diploma in Education and training course. I will use some suggested areas of learning related to my own teaching experience to help me complete the task. A SWOT analysis is a reflection of my own strengths, e.g. what I am good at, as well as the weaknesses and the areas that I need to improve, opportunities and threats that manifest itself in external and internal factors surrounding me.

SWOT Analysis

Personal Development Plan Personal Development Plan My completion of the HND Health ...

Young Minority Delinquency as Explained through the Lenses of Strain and Social Learning Theory: Insights from “Crips and Bloods: Made in America”, “Grand Torino” and “A Better Life” Young Minority Delinquency as Explained through the Lenses of Strain and Social Learning Theory: Insights from “Crips and Bloods: Made in America”, “Grand Torino” and “A Better Life”

Introduction

Young minority males from poor families are more likely to turn to delinquency than any other group in the United States of America. In an attempt to explain this tendency by means of well-established criminal law theories, this paper will look at three ...

Importance and Impacts of Mentoring

Abstract In the present paper, the impact of mentoring on students and employees has been investigated. It has been hypothesized that mentoring positively impacts their overall well-being if provided considering the specific conditions of mentees. Development Mentoring is an approach to school-based mentoring in which high school students work with junior elementary school mentees. Rhodes (2002) stated that around 50 percent peer-mentoring meetings end within initial three months. However, there is a lack of research conducted on premature meetings termination and mentors' absenteeism. Karcher study, though, makes a significant contribution to the literature does not answer the reasons for ...

Introduction

The module highlighted various personal and professional development areas. The course exhibits how one should consider the significance of various personal, academic, and professional dimensions of life. Each aspect is unique and significant because they collectively highlight how one should understand the importance of professional development skills necessary to succeed not only in personal but also in professional life as well. Each week new dimension helped us understand how they are necessary for our coming life. In the following parts of this paper, I have mentioned three parts where each part represents how and what I have learned ...

Back at the beginning of the course I was talking about positive and negative leadership experiences that I gained during my time in the Security Sector in Saudi Arabia. I had the opportunity to work under the supervision of two different individuals, one of which will forever remain an example of the unappropriated and even destructive leadership, while the other until todays shapes my understanding and personal concept of great leadership practices. It was an impressive contrast of two completely different leadership styles, and I would like to focus this work on the positive experience and ...

Crime can occur in any place so crime prevention programs are needed in every place. Crime prevention programs help to minimise the rate of crimes. Every crime prevention program is unique and the way they perform and carry out their work is not similar. Some crime prevention programs work with groups and some with individuals. In order to implement a crime prevention program, a person or group should come have a common goal and work together in order to achieve their goal which is prevention of crime. Crime prevention programs also work with students because most of the crime starts at an ...

Are Leadership and Management Different?

There are a certain key differences between leaders and managers, even though both the concepts must go hand in hand. In a book published in 1989, “On Becoming a Leader”, Warren Bennis highlighted following differences. In his opinion, managers administer, but leaders innovate. Because of this the managers just maintain, whereas the leaders develop. This is what makes a manager a copy, whereas the developmental efforts make a leader original. Further, the manager focuses on the structure and system, whereas leader focuses on people. This is further exemplified by manager’s focus on control, and leader’s emphasis on generating trust. In other words, manager ...

I write to you with great privilege recommending Amy Wendel Spiczka. Amy is presently an Assistant Professor in Pathology and Laboratory medicine in the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and also the Anatomic Pathology Manager at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona. She graduated from the MSHS Cytotechnology program in 1997 and obtained further certifications in histotechnology and Cytotechnology. Positions held by her previously include; Education Supervisor, Division of Anatomic Pathology, Education Coordinator, Division of Anatomic Pathlogy both at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester. She was formerly Education Coordinator, Cytotechnology Program and Program Director, Histology Technician Program Clinical Experience at ...

Management: Course Final Paper

Introduction In earlier studies, organization change has been defined as the breaking down of existing structures and the creation of new ones. In other words, it is a transformation of an organization between two points in time. Such a scenario can develop anxiety, uncertainty, and ambiguity in the minds of employees due to differences in experienced, socio-demographic characteristics, attitude, knowledge and behavioural patterns. For overcoming the employees’ nervousness management, organizational change agents put stress extensively on employee readiness predictor variables. As clearly stated in the literature, employee attitude and employee readiness factors pose a significant affect in preparing employees physically and ...

I understand that Capella University’s Academic Honesty Policy (3.01.01) holds learners accountable for the integrity of work they submit, which includes, but is not limited to, discussion postings, assignments, comprehensive exams, and the dissertation. Learners are expected to understand the Policy and know that it is their responsibility to learn about instructor and general academic expectations with regard to proper citation of sources in written work as specified in the APA Publication Manual, 6th Ed. Serious sanctions can result from violations of any type of the Academic Honesty Policy including dismissal from the university.

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Information is an important resource that makes us get informed. There is a need to understand the source of information so that we can judge their credibility. WIIFM is an important source of information and entertainment. There is a need to understand how information is organized, how it is collected, and the methods that is used for sorting and how it reaches the audience. This information affects me in such a manner that I should be able to judge information content that we get from our radio stations. They form an important part of our lives. It is therefore important that we ...

The result of the “Bog Five Personality Test” appreciated my enthusiasm and will power and regarded me as an open person. However, from the perspective of Conscientiousness, I scored a bit low. The elements of Extraversion and Agreeableness were regarded as the strength of my personality, but Neuroticism was regarded as the major shortcoming of my personality. I strongly agree with the readings of the test because my personal experiences I often feel that if I had handled the situation calmly I would have achieved better results. Pertaining to the fact that I always feel ...

Living in a global economy and benefiting of technological advancements that facilitate working processes help individuals in shaping their careers and organizations in increasing their performances but a special asset is required for effectively optimizing and valuing these resources. Kaye and Scheff (2000) consider that for properly optimizing the skills and capabilities of their talents, corporations need to ensure their intellectual legacy through mentoring, a process of sharing wisdom through life experience.

United States Office of Personnel Management (UNOPM) (2008) describes mentoring as a formal or informal relationship between people, wherein one is a senior mentor and the ...

Capstone Project: Healthcare Administration

Introduction

Capstone project also called culminating project, the capstone experience, senior exhibition, and the likes. It refers to a multifaceted assignment serving as the culminating intellectual and academic experience for students during the final year of the academic course being pursued. It resembles a very great extent a college thesis, but capstone project has a wide variety of forms. The most common feature is the handling of long-term investigative projects culminating in a final presentation, product, or performance. Usually, students are to choose a topic, a social problem or profession of their interests. They conduct researches on subjects selected, maintain a portfolio of the results or ...

Anne-Sophie Mutte is a world renowned German classical violinist. Mutter, considered by many people as one of the most charismatic and loved classical performer of today’s generation (Coburn, 2010). Mutter as a performer rooted from West Germany where she began honing her unquestionable talent in music. At the age of five, she began showing her brilliance in the piano and not long after picked up an instrument that will define her career the violin. Her craft was first professionally developed by her mentor Erna Honigberg (a former student of Carl Flesch). Her mentor passed away, but she continued studying moving under ...

The relationships in mentoring promote an atmosphere that encourages individuals to fulfill their goals. Some mentoring relationships are part of a program with specific expectations. It helps to eliminate hindrances to an effective performance and success to their career by providing access to professional knowledge. Mentors assist individuals to make a difference in their profession and organization. A mentor has a leadership to contribute and sustain a mentoring culture in a supportive workplace that values learning and development. In addition, a mentor provides direction, motivation, emotional support, and a role model. The role of a mentor sometimes varies depending on the needs of the mentee. Both the ...

Question 1

There are numerous resources for people with disabilities in New York City. These resources are designed to enhance independence, self-reliance and productivity for people with disabilities. The resources are diverse as they respond to various disabilities. In response to the disparities in employment, the American Bar Association Commission is a mentor program that offer law students with any type of disability the chance to practice and earn a living. This program matches such students with practices on the basis of location, disability and interest. This resource is very effective in that in addition to learning from the practicing attorneys, students with ...

I admire my peer from my micro (micro/meso/exo/macro) system because he/she has the social skills I will need to achieve my goal. What I want to emulate about this person is their ability to listen carefully and respond to matters appropriately. My friend also has good leadership skills and persuasion strategies.The behaviors of this person that are within my reach are teamwork, cooperation, patience and their ability to communicate effectively with others.

I admire my family from my micro (micro/meso/exo/macro) system because he/she has the emotional stability I will need to achieve my goal. What I want to emulate ...

The intended outcomes of the project were increases in staff nurse recruitment and retention and staff nurse job satisfaction. Retention rate is the number of nurses who separated from the correctional facility divided by the total number of registered nursing staff, while job satisfaction is the score obtained from a job satisfaction survey. The effects of the mentorship program on the selected outcomes are best determined at six months or one year after implementation. Following the evaluation conducted three months after the implementation, however, the retention rate increased by 1.6% which is small but still an improvement. There were also ...

Evaluation of the Practicum Experience

Practicum experience is a way in which nursing students can appreciate the theory through applying what has been taught in class into a real life situation. It is a period when the student develops practical skills and competencies as a professional. Apart from technical skills, the student can also develop soft skills like problem solving, decision making, interpersonal, leadership, and effective communication capabilities among others.

This paper analyzes and evaluates the practicum experience that was undertaken at the Kaiser Palliative and Hospice Care department. It describes the activities that were carried out and the personal learning objectives that were achieved. I undertook my ...

Good for the World: Hustle Statement - Activity: Part 1

Leading a large organisation will not only be instrumental in advancing my career development, but will be vital in helping the organisation to achieve its long term and short term goals and objectives. In this case, I intend to lead a clothing organisation to achieve its long-term objectives without undervaluing the existing organisational cultures and practices. Initially, the organisation had an effective reputation and its productivity was admirable. However, with increased global challenges including financial and economic crises, the organisation has started trailing behind its competitors in its production and marketing. The purpose of leading this organisation is to assist it ...

Thank you for providing a detailed case highlights your issues. I understand that you are having issues in managing staff, clients are not pleased with the services provided, work pressure and other issues which needs to be rapidly resolved. Before I proceed, it is important for you to understand that managing an organization entails fulfilling the four essential function of management – planning, organizing, leading and controlling (Dubrin, 2012).

There are several points which you should work on. First, it is absolutely necessary to develop and share a mission statement. A mission statement is one which conveys to the employees, clients ...

Annotated bibliography

Reed, P.A. (2004) ‘Paradigm Shift: Biomimicry’ The Technology Teacher, The Technology Teacher, Vol. 63, No. 4 Pp. 23-27.

The article “Paradigm Shift: Biomimicry” that was written by Reed, P.A. in December/January 2004, discusses biomimicry background and three areas of biomimicry. It explains that in prehistoric period, people lived with nature since it was an important aspect for one to survive in. it was useful in acquiring food, shelter and clothing. In nature, people grew crops and domesticated cattle. In case of illness, medicine was provided by nature.

With time, science evolved where philosophers came up with ideas ...

English is the Main Language of Work in Modern Society

Introduction Language plays a crucial role in workplace communication between employees. Since globalization has turned the world into a melting pot of various cultures and ethnicities, it has become a regular affair for people of different national identities to work together in harmony. In order to maintain a harmonious relationship in the workplace, language plays an important role. Lately, the technical advancements have closed the geographical gap between nations and have turned English into a lingua franca used by people not only in their day to day communication, but also in the workplace. The term "workplace English" refers to the professional interaction, business ...

The Karate Kid, a quintessential film portraying the journey of an adolescent through the odds of life and the final triumph of life, serves to cinematically describe the stages of development of an adolescent individual. It would be extremely interesting to apply the theories of Erik Erikson in deciphering the cinematic essence of the film and having a comprehensive view of the matter.

Erikson describes the stage to be one when the adolescent is concerned about how others perceive of him or her. The superego of the adolescent grows as does the confidence of oneself. The child finally develops a sense of ...

Introduction

People have different perceptions and understandings on the concept of consumption, but it take a lot of considerations and concern for one to get the ideal meaning of the term consumptions and how it needs to be applied in daily activities and practices. As argued by some scholars and writers, consumption is not necessarily about transaction but it is fundamentally subjective state of consciousness with different meanings and hedonic responses (Kreitner, 2000). This paper targets at investigating the inner meaning of consumption and drawing meaningful understanding to people on the application of consumption and how it relates to people, their ...

The cultural dissonance can have tragic results for individuals who are trapped between the boundaries of two opposing cultures. The culture difference hence is depicted between Lia Lee’s parents and her doctors. She eventually ends up in a vegetative state for many years not because no one really cares about her epilepsy, but because of cultural and linguistic barriers between her parents who are Hmong and the well meaning American doctors. Linguistically, her Hmong parents do not understand English spoken by the doctors at Ann Fadiman‘s book can be taken to generally act as a warning conflict in our ...

"Everything about him was old except his eyes and they were the same color as the sea and were cheerful and undefeated"(Hemingway 10). The Speaker is the narrator. The narrator tries to physically describe Santiago. He illustrates that Santiago is aged, but his eyes illustrates the determination of working at the sea. The quote provides a general physical feature of Santiago. Santiago is the key figure in the text. His eyes resembled the sea because that was his workplace. The environment illustrated in the narrative is the sea environment. "Now is the time to think of only one ...

The stench of a fish market is sufficient to create a frenzy environment; it is probably a product of the customers’ rush in an attempt to escape the foul smell. I tried to distract myself from the foul smell and fortunately, I succeeded in doing just that. I looked upon the holy river of Nepal, Baghmati—the river that was once the pride of the nation but had lost its grace and integrity due to the sewage wastes that were dumped recklessly and irresponsibly. As years passed by, the river began to recede and the only ones who witnessed that were the ...

There is no unique definition of the term mentor, since for every person being a mentor or having one means completely different things. According to the most common definition, a mentor is a person, who inspires, nurtures and motivates people. The relationships between a mentor and his mentee usually last for a long time and can be characterised by strong emotional connection (Zepeda, 1999).

Entering into mentor-mentee relationships can be beneficial in many ways. First of all, mentors are able to share their expertise and knowledge, which they have obtained on the way to their current position. This information is especially valuable, since it gives a ...

1. “Much Madness”

This short poem denotes the juxtaposing idea that madness can actually be perceived as a profound, truest kind of sanity, in the lines “Much madness is divinest sense,” because for one to be aware of the fact that one is insane, one has to be in full possession of his senses to grasp this notion. In other words, to be insane and know it is to hold a firm grasp on one’s reason. But still, Dickinson is referring to it as “sense” exactly because it is not defined by reason, but what the majority of people consider ...

English

Very often the books that we read may touch upon the same problem, even though they have a different plot, were written in different time and have some other considerable differences. We are dealing with two ingenious pieces of American literature that have different plots, but that are similar in some ways. These books are “Iron John” by Robert Bly and “Way of Peaceful Warrior” by Dan Millman. Both of these books touch upon the issues of self-development, manhood and making dreams come true. “Iron John”, a work by an American poet Robert Bly, was written in 1990 and ...

Compare and Contrast Theories Paper

Dreikurs Dreikurs developed a comprehensive classification, according to which any deviant behavior of children can be seen through the lenses of four different categories of goals. The basis of the heart of misconduct is created by four different psychological purposes. They can be classified as the attraction of attention, achievement of power, failure simulation and revenge. These goals are straightforward and apply to the current situation. Initially Dreikurs defined them as deviant or inappropriate purpose. The child acts, based on the belief (usually unconscious) that he has some relevance in the eyes of others when grabs somebody`s attention. ...

A common delinquent behavior in many school districts is truancy, which is a “status offence” that is often seen as a warning sign or predictor of future more serious juvenile offenses. A juvenile is considered truant if she or he skips school without a valid excuse and without the knowledge of a parent or guardian. Truancy is huge administrative problem in the juvenile court system. Police officers can legally detain truant children and many states also issue fines or even jail time to parents. Since it often leads to unsupervised behavior or time on the streets, it is often involved in other juvenile ...

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Even between the best instructor and the best student, understanding is often distorted. A persons inherent believes and ideas influences his/her understanding on what is being thought or what is being explained in books (Gopee, 2008). The more the quantity of information that is thought, the less is the understanding. When we are children we depend greatly on visual, auditory, tactile and kinesthetic senses to understand ideas and concepts. However, as we mature we develop the ability to understand abstract concepts (Harvard Graduate School of Education, 2015). These skills develop slowly with age. Concrete concepts and ideas are easy ...

Warren Buffet is an American business investor and a philanthropist. He has been consistently included on the wealthiest businessman thus making him an influential person. Despite being a billionaire, Buffet still lives a practical lifestyle which is enough for him and his family. He even made an announcement that he will be donating most of his wealth to a foundation. Buffet’s philosophy examines corporate leadership of the organization aside from its numerical value. For this successful investor, value investing has referred to the appropriate fair price for the stock of a company with a high intrinsic value (Lupo). Unlike his mentor, Ben Graham ...

One piece of music that I found to be very powerful and deeply moving was a song that was sung at the funeral service of my father’s best friend and my own godfather at baptism. This song is “The Prayer” that was popularized by Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli. My godfather was a music teacher for most of his life in a nearby public elementary school. He could have taught at university, but he loved children so much and thus devoted most of his life to teaching music to young eager minds. After the religious service, there was a short program. ...

QUANTITATIVE (Statistical) Studies Only

This Research Plan form, version 2.42, must be completed and reviewed before taking steps to collect data and write the dissertation. In the School of Business and Technology, its satisfactory completion satisfies dissertation milestone 5, indicating that the RP proposal has passed the “scientific merit review,” part of the IRB process. Before going any further, review carefully the Research Plan Instructions, v2.4, available on iGuide. It will be difficult to complete the RP without using the Instructions.

Specialization Chair’s Approval after Section 1

When you have completed Section 1 along with initial references in section 8, send the RP to your mentor for review. ...

Amongst mentally ill patients at high risk for early readmission, does the utilization of a multi-component transition care plan as compared to usual care help to improve early readmission rates?

Abstract

The early hospital readmission rate in a 30-bed psychiatric unit in California is 25%. This figure is higher than the 13% reported in the literature for high-income countries like the US (Vigod et al., 2013). Early readmissions are problematic as they are costly and disruptive to the personal and professional lives of patients and their family members. In addition, they are construed to be negative patient outcomes and negative indicators of ...

Based on Module 9, describe what failed in the orientation process. Be specific and use examples based on case study. An orientation program was normally initiated with an objective to introduce the new joiners to their jobs in a formal manner. A new employee comes to know about different aspects of their jobs through a proper orientation, as it elaborates on the information that an employee receives during the selection procedure. The main purpose of an effective orientation program is to introduce the new employee to the organization as a whole, to its co-workers and their work units, apart from on ...

In order to get a clear picture of how Plato would respond to this dilemma, it is important to establish the facts about this case. A woman named Lisa Krawchuk qualified for welfare assistance because of her low income. The welfare authorities required her to report any changes in her income for the period that she received the benefits. She agreed to that condition, reported an increase in her income after her husband got a part-time job and the welfare office reduced her payments accordingly. Lisa failed to report that she was benefiting from a student loan and the welfare office withdrew ...

Human resource management (HRM) is an idea of great relevance in the modern society. Human resources managers should advocate for career management programs in their respective organizations. Through career management, human resource managers help employees in their organizations to acquire skills. When employees acquire skills through such programs, the organization stands to benefit (Adegoke, 2013). This paper also highlights my role as a human resource manager in managing employees’ careers development. This includes describing my organization and how career management is implemented. The project also presents an analysis of how my organization can improve in career management and employee training. ...

Introduction

Nurses have a long process of transition from the time they are undergraduate students in nursing schools to the time of being graduate nurses. This is a time when the graduate nurses face many challenges regarding their job. It is crucial for the nurses to develop ways of coping with these challenges, and the best way to do this is by coming up with relevant strategies to help them cope with these issues (Cowen &Moorhead, 2011 p. 612).This requires intense processes of socialization where they get to meet different people in the health profession who will have different demands from ...

Nurses face unique stresses and circumstances at the workplaces which lead to high nurses’ turnover. As at 2008, the nursing turnover stood at 55% to 60%, a feature attributed to poor nursing leadership that did not offer support to the nurses, outrageous working demands and poor relations amongst the nurses. To cater for these deficiencies, human capital strategies and leadership training need to be promoted so as to create a positive working environment that reflects the demands of the nursing practicum. The leadership training strategies should encourage the development of a positive working environment by equipping them with knowledge and skills on ...

What Are the Qualities of an Effective Mentor in Nursing?

Introduction In the world we have people working in different fields and one important aspect is that as an individual joins a particular field they need to be guided so as to easily adapt to their new environment. The people who provide the needed guidance or who make the transition to a new field possible are called mentors. The people or students joining the nursing field just as any other, need to have a mentor who is supportive and has experience. My interest for this research is to find out the qualities of an effective mentor as it is essential for ...

Investing in human capital has become an essential investment in many organizations today. Training is directed towards maintaining and improving current job performance while development programs seek to develop skills for future jobs. Both managers and non-managers may receive help from training and development programs but the mix of experience is likely to vary. “Training may be defined as a systematic attempt by the management in the organization’s development process (ODP) to enable employees to perform their job effectively” There are two main types of training which include induction and job training. induction training enables newly recruited ...

Background

“Black Swan” is about Nina Sayers, an aspiring ballerina, who had to deal with the pressure of her career, discordant relationship with her mother, and sexual advances from her mentor. Nina wants nothing more than to play lead in the New York City ballet company’s upcoming “Swan Lake” production. Her chance came when Thomas Leroy, the director, dismissed Beth, the lead, and subsequently chose Nina to take her place. Throughout the film, Nina’s psychoses surface on account of her experiences with his sexually aggressive mentor, Thomas, who also puts the most pressure on Nina to perform better, ...

The practicum success rate will be due to well calculated prior planning in order to tackle the nurse shortage and promote health care. Mentoring, which is a perfect strategy in bettering the process of retention and recruitment of nurses will ensure transition and socialization from the normal clinical setting (McDermid, 2012, p. 37). Subsequently, the good effects will create and establish job satisfaction or enhanced commitment. Articulating the mentorship program into practice will entail data collection by observation of the mentor-mentee and vice versa to foster learning conditions (Crookes, 2003, p. 50). In addition, surveys and document reviews will ...

Introduction:

A personal philosophy of ethical practice using core values and essential principles and practices for doctoral research in the field of education should encompass intent, practice and the final use of the materials. To conduct oneself ethically involves more than doing the right thing. Ethical conduct must include acting in the right spirit. Setting out with the right intent and obeying the rules is not sufficient, ethical conduct must also abiding respect and concern for other individuals. Ethical conduct for doctoral research in the field of education is particularly sensitive and demanding. Unlike research undertaken for commercial purposes, ...

The archetypal hero’s journey has taken many forms throughout history; in contemporary film, it often requires the main characters to step outside their cynical, grounded physical worlds and enter new realms of imagination. In the case of two classic films from the 1990s, Terry Gilliam’s The Fisher King and the Wachowski Brothers’ The Matrix , three archetypes of the hero’s journey(the hero, the mentor, and the monster) are found, contextualizing these modern science fiction and fantasy films as modern hero’s journeys. The three characters from each of these films that fit these archetypes are adapted ...