Coaching and mentoring are fundamental lifelong commitment for graduate nurses. They are a key competency for nursing practitioners, researchers, and educators. This is because coaching and mentoring help nurses engage in relationships and conversations directed at promoting career commitment and professional development. Nurses are coached and mentored to advance their career practice and opportunities (Hamric, Spross & Hanson, 2009). In addition, coaching and mentoring will help me, as a nurse increase satisfaction and enjoyment with my current roles.
Coaching activity
A learning contract is a common activity in coaching. It involves negotiating learning between the nurse and the coach. In any contract, the coach and the nurse must sign a written learning agreement enabling the nurse to participate in many decisions about components of learning and objectives. Thus, it is often a coaching activity where the coach and the nurse (student) agree of objectives and the nurse's responsibility in attainment of the objectives (Hamric, Spross & Hanson, 2009). In this case, the objectives and requirements set by the nursing...
In this activity, the coach and the nurse agree and discuss on what the nurse intends to learn, learning strategies and timetable for learning.
They can incorporate learning approaches based on nurse journeys as a methodology to achieve objectives. However, some nurses may see learning contracts as a chore. On the contrary, others treat it as a mere formality. In either case, researchers have reported the value of learning contracts (Grossman, 2013). For instance, studies indicate that such activities enhance the performance of nurses. A crucial activity involved in learning contracts is the coach facilitating knowledge and self-assessment by the nurse and establishing inherent learning needs. As a nurse, when the contract is established I will be required to ascertain whether the objectives identified in the contract have been achieved and the activities undertaken. The time for review will have been established at the beginning of the activity during the discussion and documentation of the content.
I will have to develop understanding and knowledge about the use of learning contracts,…
