Mentor Match Program
What is Mentoring?
Mentoring is a partnership between two individuals. It is a relationship that extends over time and in which growth occurs for both parties in an atmosphere of respect, collegiality, and affirmation. The goals of a peer mentoring relationship are to:
Mentoring is a partnership between two individuals. It is a relationship that extends over time and in which growth occurs for both parties in an atmosphere of respect, collegiality, and affirmation. The goals of a peer mentoring relationship are to:
- Support colleagues in their professional development and growth
- Facilitate mutual learning
- Build a sense of community
What does a Mentor do?
- asks questions and does not criticize
- tries to elicit areas in which the other person feels strong and works on those areas
- assists the other in identifying things to work on
- coaches the other in how to do something differently if asked
- provides support
- AORN has a strong tradition of promoting mentoring among perioperative nurses. In March 2001, the House of Delegates adopted the AORN Position Statement on Responsibility for Mentoring. That statement was revised as the AORN Resolution on Responsibility for Mentoring and adopted at the 2006 House of Delegates.
What is the Mentor Match?
The Mentor Match program is an online program that matches AORN members who would like to serve as a mentor to a colleague with members who would like to be mentored.
Participants can choose a mentoring relationship based on criteria such as type of mentoring relationship (i.e., volunteer leadership) or based on career interests (i.e., staff nurse seeking management role). By selecting a few criteria, mentor and mentees are matched and provided contact information to begin establishing a mentorship relationship. Participants choose how they wish to communicate and how often.
To begin establishing your own peer mentorship relationship, choose one of the following:
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