University of Western Sydney, Penrith South, DC, NSW, Australia.
Nurs Inq. 2009 Dec;16(4):326-36. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1800.2009.00451.x.
Mentoring relationships occur across a range of nursing contexts and are shown to have multiple, favourable personal and professional outcomes. Specifically, mentoring has been associated with the development of nurse leaders. This study describes features that are integral to initiating mentoring relationships that focus on nursing leader development. These significant features are addressed in relation to the nursing literature. Thirteen nurse leaders from eastern states of Australia were interviewed during 2005 and 2006 about their understanding and experiences of mentoring for leadership. Their narratives were analysed using a hermeneutic phenomenological methodology. Mentoring relationships for nurse leadership were revealed as developing from esteemed connections between two people. Mentors were shown to unconditionally champion their mentee's careers, and mentees were shown to possess a leadership vision for nursing. The findings of this study have implications for establishing mentoring relationships for nurse leader development. Consideration should be given to the specific focus and context of these relationships to ensure that the full potential of the mentoring process is realised. It is also important to better understand the key aspects that contribute to the phases of mentoring relationships for nurse leader development because they are shown to influence the dynamic and function of these relationships over time.
指导关系存在于各种护理环境中，并且被证明具有多种有利的个人和专业成果。具体而言，指导与护士领导者的发展有关。本研究描述了启动以护士领导者发展为重点的指导关系的基本特征。这些重要特征与护理文献有关。2005 年至 2006 年期间，来自澳大利亚东部各州的 13 名护士领导者接受了关于他们对领导指导的理解和经验的采访。他们的叙述使用解释学现象学方法进行了分析。指导关系为护士领导的发展是从两个人之间的尊敬关系中发展而来的。导师被证明无条件地支持他们的学员的职业发展，而学员则表现出对护理的领导愿景。这项研究的结果对建立护士领导者发展的指导关系具有启示意义。应该考虑这些关系的具体重点和背景，以确保充分发挥指导过程的潜力。更好地了解有助于护士领导者发展的指导关系各个阶段的关键方面也很重要，因为这些方面被证明会影响这些关系随时间推移的动态和功能。
