Head Nurses’ Mentoring Function and its relation with Organizational Effectiveness

Abstract

Background: Success in the workplace and at the staff level depends on the interpersonal and developmentalinteraction known as mentoring between head nurses and their staff nurses. A mentoring relationship consists of regularmeetings when both parties exchange ideas, discuss progress, and set goals for continued development andorganizational performance. It is based on mutual trust, respect, and communication. Aim: To assess head nurses’mentoring function and its relation with organizational effectiveness at Oncology Center Mansoura University. Method:The study, which included 282 staff nurses from the Oncology Center, used a descriptive correlational approach throughthe use of the Organizational Effectiveness Questionnaire and the Head Nurses' Mentoring on Staff Nurses Scale.Results: The majority of staff nurses were satisfied with their head nurses' mentoring function. Most of them had highlevel of perception regarding their organizational effectiveness. There was a highly statistically significant positivecorrelation between total mentoring function and total organizational effectiveness. Conclusion: We can improveorganizational effectiveness through increasing head nurses’ mentoring function. Recommendations: Encouraging headnurses to participate in continuing education programs to continually updating their knowledge and skills related tomentoring function. Maintaining environment that encourage head nurses to provide mentoring function to their staffnurses and showing recognition and appreciation for head nurses for their effort in mentoring their staff nurses.