University of Venda, Advanced Nursing Science.
Afr Health Sci. 2022 Mar;22(1):191-199. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v22i1.25.
Mentorship is a process in which structured support is provided to new graduates of the profession to facilitate theireffective transitional journey to professional autonomy.
To explore and describe the mentoring process as experienced by newly qualified midwives and experienced midwives during thetransition period.
Aqualitative approach was used. Five hospitals were selected from Limpopo province. The study was conducted in a maternity unit of each selected hospital. Population comprised of all newly qualified midwives as well as all experienced midwives working at institutions under study. Non-probability, purposive sampling method was used to select twenty-five newly qualified and twenty-five experienced midwives working in maternity wards of selected hospitals. In-depth face-to-face interviews were conducted for data collection.
Ineffective mentoring processes were reported, where only a few experienced midwives seemed ready to provide informal and unstructured support to graduates. Experienced midwives recognised their mentoring role however, felt they did not have sufficient knowledge and skills regarding mentoring process. Shortage of staff and increased workload were reported as challenges which negatively affected the mentoring process.
Mentoring is an effective process for facilitation of graduates' transition process to become registered autonomous midwifery practitioners. However, they were not effectively mentored; consequently, negatively affecting their development to professional maturity.
指导是一个为新专业毕业生提供结构化支持的过程，以促进他们顺利过渡到专业自主。
探索和描述新合格的助产士和经验丰富的助产士在过渡期间的指导过程。
采用定性方法。从林波波省选择了五家医院。研究在每个选定医院的产科病房进行。研究对象包括在研究机构工作的所有新合格的助产士以及所有有经验的助产士。采用非概率、目的抽样法，在选定医院的产科病房中选择了 25 名新合格的和 25 名有经验的助产士。采用深入的面对面访谈进行数据收集。
报告了无效的指导过程，只有少数有经验的助产士似乎准备为毕业生提供非正式和非结构化的支持。有经验的助产士承认他们的指导角色，但他们觉得自己在指导过程方面没有足够的知识和技能。报告说人员短缺和工作量增加是影响指导过程的挑战。
指导是促进毕业生过渡到注册自主助产士实践的有效过程。然而，他们并没有得到有效的指导，这对他们的专业成熟发展产生了负面影响。
