Tolman, JoAnn_DNP_2023

Title Tolman, JoAnn_DNP_2023
Alternative Title Mentoring New Members in Professional Organizations
Creator Tolman, JoAnn
Collection Name Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
Description The following Doctor of Nursing Practice disseration develops a project designed to to foster engagement and retention of new members in a professional organization that develops nurse leaders. The project involved implementing a mentoring program to engage new members in a local chapter of an international professional nursing organization to sustain the mission of improving healthcare globally.
Abstract A lack of engaged, participating members of professional nursing organizations limit the overall impact that an organization could make on global healthcare delivery, nurse leader development, and nursing excellence.; Purpose: The project's focus was to foster engagement and retention of new members in a professional organization that develops nurse leaders. The project involved implementing a mentoring program to engage new members in a local chapter of an international professional nursing organization to sustain the mission of improving healthcare globally.; Methodology: Jean Watson's Philosophy and Science of Caring theory provided the framework for the project. The program used volunteer active members to mentor new members using suggestions from the Mentor Interaction Guide through email messages, phone calls, and face-to-face conversations. Mentors listed each interaction with their new member on the Mentor Tracking Tool. After four months of mentoring, new members completed the Nu Nu Chapter Member Survey to obtain data on engagement, inclusion, and likelihood of renewing membership.; Results: After four months of mentoring, survey results indicated that new members find personal contacts from their mentor meaningful, feel included in chapter activities, and engage with the organization by reading the chapter's newsletter and visiting the chapter's social media pages or website. Finally, 60% of new members said they are very likely to renew their membership in the organization.; Implications for practice: New members of professional nursing organizations benefit from mentors who share information and encourage participation in the organization. Project findings indicate mentoring is a strategy to positively promote member engagement, inclusion, and the likelihood of membership renewal. In addition, this volunteer-based program is sustainable and adaptable to other professional organizations seeking to sustain their mission through membership engagement and retention.
Subject Employee retention; mentoring; Leadership
Keywords Professional nursing organization; members; engagement; inclusion; renew membership; mentoring
Digital Publisher Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date 2023
Medium Dissertations
Type Text
Access Extent 51 page pdf; 1 MB
Language eng
Rights The author has granted Weber State University Archives a limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to reproduce his or her theses, in whole or in part, in electronic or paper form and to make it available to the general public at no charge. The author retains all other rights.
Source University Archives Electronic Records; Doctor of Nursing Practice. Stewart Library, Weber State University
OCR Text Show
Format application/pdf
ARK ark:/87278/s691qhhn
Setname wsu_atdson
ID 129770
Reference URL https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s691qhhn
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