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I can clearly say that I couldn’t be where I am today without the help I received from the mentor who I was attached to while starting out my nursing career. This was a charge nurse at the Southern Regional Medical Center Critical Care Unit who was more than willing to see me succeed in the world of nursing. She had been chosen by the unit manager to be my mentor where I was to assist her to manage her workload as she was always busy owing to her charge position. She possessed various qualities as a nurse that made my stay in the hospital to impact greatly in my career. To start with, she was quite approachable. There were times I didn’t know what was to be done in various situations for effective care to patients. I would share the problem, and she would always be ready to give instructions on what was best for the situation. Having had over thirty years’ experience as a nurse, she was quite resourceful, and I was on my part ready to reap maximum benefit from our relationship. High workloads and fear of making mistakes are among the causes of high turnover for new nurses and general practitioners and therefore having someone to lean on plays a large part in how one settles at the workplace (Reitz et al., 2017). She was also quite supportive. At times I felt like quitting due to various traumatic incidences in the unit. I would see and interact with critically injured or ill patients who I would later learn had died, and this was not easy for me. She was however there for me during such times and continued to encourage me to be emotionally strong.

She also constantly encouraged me to work hard to further my study and achieve my dreams telling me that she had like me, started as a Certified nursing assistant. Sinclair et al., (2015) argues that support is quite crucial in mentorship as one made to feel like a burden will not get the necessary desire to learn new things. She was also quite passionate about her work. She was always proud to be a nurse, arguing that it was a calling to make the world better. She was to this end always to assist her patients in the best possible way no matter what had come along Thanks to her; I am always there for my patients.
Finally, it is right to say that I didn’t find any weakness in her ability to mentor. All her qualities were quite beneficial to me enabling me to be the nurse I am today. I might have given up on my nursing dream but thanks to her I didn’t. She would always encourage me to pursue my goals and was at the time always ready to share her knowledge with me. These are among the major qualities an effective mentor should have (Sinclair et., 2015).
References
Reitz, R., Mitchell, S., & Keel, S. (2017). Attachment-informed mentorship. Families, Systems, & Health, 35(4), 498-504. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/fsh0000300
Sinclair, P., Pich, J., Hennessy, M., Wooding, J., & Williams, J. (2015). Mentorship in the health disciplines. Renal Society Of Australasia Journal, 11(1), 40-42. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30072285