| 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 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s691qhhn |
| Setname |
wsu_atdson |
| ID |
129770 |
| Reference URL |
https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s691qhhn |
