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Mentoring and Self-Efficacy: Implications for the Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Workforce.

Adv Neonatal Care

October 2015

Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Program, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina (Dr Jnah); and Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Program, University of Alabama at Birmingham (Dr Robinson).

Background: Mentoring facilitates positive self-efficacy. Individuals with high self-efficacy emulate professional resiliency and possess a strong sense of optimism in their ability to adapt, overcome, and persevere in the professional arena.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify characteristics that encourage mentoring relationships between neonatal nurse practitioner (NNP) students and preceptors, as well as student perceptions of mentoring relationships.

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