Modern Care Journal

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Introduction: In recent years, clinical mentorship experiences for nursing students have become popular in nursing education. Peer education can be a useful adjunctive method for clinical skills training The present research was conducted to study the effect of performing mentorship program on self- confidence of nursing students in Imam Reza Hospital of Birjand in 2011. Methodology: The present study was a half-experience in Faculty of Nursing (Islamic Azad University of Birjand).60 students of 4th semester (trainees of department of orthopedics) were randomly divided into two groups (30 students in mentored group and 30 in the non-mentored group). In the mentored group for each 3 students a student of 8th semester was assigned as mentor and in the other group only an instructor was available without any mentor. The data was gathered through self-confidence of ( Montalto,2001( questionnaire (10 questions with favorite validity and reliability of 0.85) in both groups, before and after their training. The data was analyzed using spss16 software with statistical procedures paired samples t-test, independent samples t-test and analysis of variance (one-way anova). Data Analysis: Although student, s self-confidence has been high in both models, but there is no significant difference in the non-mentor group. The average of self- confidence score in the mentor group (427/0± 76/3 ) was higher than the non-mentor group ( 347/0±33 /3) and it difference was significant )p

Keywords: Self Concept, Self Efficacy, Students, Nursing, Clinical Competence, Mentorship

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