Enhancing Student Success through Mentoring and ePortfolio

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Enhancing Student Success through Mentoring and
ePortfolio

• Judy Snayd, RN, MSN, CNE
• Lili Rafeldt, RN, MA, CNE
• Judith Chisowa

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ePortfolio has been used in multiple ways at TRCC

• Connections to others within the college
• Reflection and Growth
• Presentation of Assignments
• Demonstration of Outcomes

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Library

• Nursing Gateway Information Literacy /
  ePortfolio assignment
• Connection - librarian through ePortfolio
• Information 24/7 Online

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Career Center

• Connection to Career Specialist through interest
  assessment / ePortfolio
• Career Planning

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Exposure

• Minority Nurse Magazine
• Future Nurse
• Student Nurse.com
• Observation / Room assignment
• Interactions within classes and clubs

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Pre-Nursing International Mentoring

• ESOL support or classes
• Medical Terminology Course
• Perspectives of Nursing Course
• Support in Writing, Math and Tutoring Centers
• Purnell Model

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International Nursing Student Mentoring

• Demographics
• 20 freshman class
• Areas represented Puerto Rico, Peru, Philippines,
  Eastern Europe, China, Vietnam, Africa-Ghana
  Zambia Nigeria, Morocco, American Indian, France

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The Process

• Student Fact Sheet
• Heritage Assessment
• Referral Form
• Invitation to All
• Group
• Individual
• Quiz Review
• Medical Terminology

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Mentoring Activities

• Role playing communication and care in clinical
  situations
• Reviewing how to document and report in a health
  care setting
• Case studies to develop prioritization and
  critical thinking skills
• Simulation Exercises
• Demonstrated use of text books to develop nursing
  care plans

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Other Mentoring Activities

• Comparing and contrasting the delivery of health
  care in America
• Discussing the role of male and female health
  care provider when working with patients
• Ways to communicate with patients, nursing
  instructors and health care staff in the American
  health care and educational system

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Mentoring Activities within the Clinical Setting

• Diverse hospital population
• Preceptorship
• Internships

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Ways that mentoring can be done

• Coaching proactively (before clinical)
• Reflection after incidents
• In person or electronically as appropriate
• Active use of the nursing lab
• As the student body grows ePortfolio serves as a
  tool for continued relationships

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Ongoing Assessment

• In first year increased student retention
• In second year continued retention demonstrated

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Student Presentations

• ePortfolio--Judith
• http//www.eportfolio.org/public.cfm?uc677scx1

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The Future