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PURPOSE: This study evaluated the effectiveness of a 14-week mentoring program for first year nursing students and their ways of coping with stress and locus of control. METHODS: The study was designed as a quasi-experimental study. Sixty-six first year students (mentees) and 66 fourth year students (mentors) were eligible to be in the mentoring program. Mentors and mentees contacted each other weekly, as required, to provide information and support. In order to determine the efficiency of the mentoring program, a Locus of Control Scale, the Ways of Coping Inventory and Mentoring Assessment Form were filled out by mentees. RESULTS: In this study the mentoring program increased students' internal locus of control and active coping with stress. The increase in internal locus of control showed parallelism with students' behaviors of seeking social support. CONCLUSION: It is recommended that in nursing schools, the mentoring program be used as an additional program.
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Adolescente , Adulto , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Adulto Jovem , Adaptação Psicológica , Controle Interno-Externo , Mentores , Avaliação de Programas e Projetos de Saúde , Inquéritos e Questionários , Apoio Social , Estresse Psicológico/reabilitação , Estudantes de Enfermagem/psicologiaRESUMO
The objective was to determine the views of Turkish nursing students towards clinical learning environment. The study used qualitative approach through semi-structured interviews. Nursing school students were selected for study participants. It was discussed with total 32 nursing students; four groups were formed, each with 8 people about studies themes. All participants were female and the mean age was 22 +/- 0.97. A total of 32 student nurses described the importance of their clinical learning experiences, both negative and positive, and their opinion about the clinical learning environment. This is one of the studies from Turkey on Turkish nursing students' views regarding the clinical learning environment and showed that the students were affected by their patients, clinical educators and clinical professional's attitudes towards nursing students in the clinical environment