Peer Mentoring: A Way of Developing Internal Locus of Control to Empower New Nursing Students

Year 2012, Volume: 19 Issue: 1, 24 - 35, 01.03.2012

Doç. Dr. E. Süheyla Abaan Yard. Doç. Dr. Sergül Duygulu Yard. Doç. Dr. Esra Uğur

Abstract

Objective: This study investigated changes in the locus of control (LOC) of new nursing students in a Turkish University. Students were put through a mentoring program provided by senior students. Material and Methods: Seventy-two new students are included in this twelve week, evaluative, pre- and post-test design study. Dağ's (2002) Locus of Control Scale (LOCS) for Turkish samples was used to assess their personal control beliefs. Lower scores represent an internal orientation of LOC. Following a one-day mentorship orientation program, the seventy-two senior students enrolled in the Nursing Education course were randomly assigned as peer mentors for new students. The faculty provided assistance to both mentees and mentors. Descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation, median), Kruskall Wallis test and Wilcoxon test were used to evaluate data. Results: The test group's LOC scores showed a decrease in score across a three-month period (p

Keywords

Nursing education, peer mentorship, locus of control

Akran Danışmanlığı: Yeni Hemşirelik Öğrencilerini Güçlendirmede İç Denetim Odağını Geliştirme Yolu

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışmada, bir Türk üniversitesinde kendilerine son sınıf öğrencileri tarafından mentorluk uygulanan yeni hemşirelik öğrencilerinin denetim odağında oluşan değişiklikler araştırıldı. Gereç ve Yöntem: Ön test- son test şeklinde tasarlanmış 12 haftalık bu çalışmada, okula yeni başlamış 72 hemşirelik öğrencisinin verileri değerlendirildi. Bireysel denetim inancının değerlendirilmesinde Dağ (2002) tarafından Türk toplumu için geliştirilen ve düşük puanların iç denetim odağını gösterdiği Denetim Odağı Ölçeği (DOÖ) kullanıldı. Hemşirelikte Öğretim dersi kapsamında bir günlük mentorluk oryantasyon programını takiben 72 son sınıf öğrencisi raslantısal olarak mentor olarak atandı, uygulama sırasında mentorlar ve yeni hemşirelik öğrencileri dersin öğretim elemanları tarafından desteklendi. Verilerin değerlendirilmesinde tanımlayıcı istatistikler (ortalama, standart sapma, median), Kruskal Wallis test ve Wilcoxon test kullanıldı. Bulgular: Üç aylık dönemin sonunda test grubunun DOÖ puanlarında azalma görüldü (p

Keywords

Hemşirelik eğitimi, akran danışmalığı, denetim odağı

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