Improving Nursing Awareness of Nursing Mentorship in Long-Term Care

Improving Nursing Awareness of Nursing Mentorship in Long-Term Care.

 (Please see below comments from teacher). Please edit it and make sure that everything go along, once you edit please highlight it so I know your editings/revisions

While review is going on for your paper. Please look at the abstract as revisions are needed. You have some statements that are redundant. Please revise.

Here are the components of the abstract. Be sure that each element is covered.

Some may be combined.

Each area usually needs one sentence, except for method (how project was conducted) and

Results may take a few sentences.

1-Background/General Introduction of the Issue (optional)—abstract may begin with problem.

2-Problem and Why It’s Important—be clear; who cares if the problem is solved?

3-Purpose or Rationale—this is sometimes combined with practice-focused question to avoid redundancy.

4-Theoretical Foundations—name the theory OR describe the conceptual framework, if appropriate.

5-Practice-focused Questions (PFQs)/Guiding Question—present these as statements, not questions.

6-Type of project (method) and Overall Design—be specific; include the number of participants and inclusion criteria (describe staff, nurses, etc).

7-Data Analytic Procedures—explain how data were analyzed to address the PF questions. (Descriptive statistics or tests)

8-Key Results/Conclusions/Recommendations (for final paper only)—ensure alignment with purpose/PFQs.

9-Implications for Positive Social Change—specify who benefits from the research and in what ways.

OVERALL—Alignment (along the logical progression from problem→  questions→ type of project→ results)

Please remember that your abstract must not exceed a single page.

Theoretical Foundations—name the theory OR describe the conceptual framework, if appropriate.

Data Analytic Procedures—explain how data were analyzed to address the PF questions. (Descriptive statistics or tests)

8-Key Results/Conclusions/Recommendations (for final paper only)—ensure alignment with purpose/PFQs.

9-Implications for Positive Social Change—specify who benefits from the research and in what ways.

Here is a slight revision started on the abstract.

Abstract

As the population of the United States ages, an increasing number of nurses in long-term care (LTC) are needed to care for these complex patients.   Mentoring new nurses was a chance for a more experienced professional nurse to take a new graduate nurse under their wings and make them feel that they were an important part of the team. Despite an encouraging recent 5.7% increase in enrollments in baccalaureate nursing programs at universities, the nursing shortage was to continuously be a major issue in LTC facilities in the United States. A Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) project was put in place to focus on the development of staff education for experienced nurses and to describe and enhance their nursing awareness in mentoring new and novice nurses employed at the project site. Health care organizations needed to apply an intervention that not only added to nurses’ EBP awareness and comfort level in mentorship but also supported their thinking regarding the value of evidence-based care.

Throughout the project, the main role that the DNP project focused was to provide, develop, deliver, and evaluate a staff education program for senior staff nurses regarding improving nursing awareness and comfort level in effective mentorship. Through the project, it was evident that mentorship played a vital role in determining the effectiveness of mentorship and its long-term effect.  The mentorship was recorded to be an essential part of all the mentees.

Improving Nursing Awareness of Nursing Mentorship in Long-Term Care