Best Practices for Facilitating the Mentoring Experience for Nursing Students of Color.

The need to increase diversity in the profession of nursing requires innovative approaches to recruit, retain, and graduate nurses from diverse racial populations. Mentorship has proven to be an effective retention and success strategy for nursing students. This article describes best practices for mentoring nursing students of color and aims to increase awareness of the impact of mentorship and its role in increasing diversity within the profession of nursing. The role technology plays in the facilitation of flexible and effective mentorship programs is explored.