Abstract
Informatics is a niche area within the nursing profession but it is becoming more important as technology advances and becomes integrated into healthcare systems globally. A career in nursing informatics can span education, research, clinical practice, and policy. This chapter focuses on the scholarly route and discusses how to pursue teaching and research in this field of nursing, to inform evidence-based practice by utilizing a range of mentorship models. The five main approaches to mentoring, i.e., dyad mentorship, peer mentorship models, group mentoring, constellation mentoring, and distance mentoring are discussed with practical examples from a nurse working in informatics. Reflecting on these experiences, the chapter delves into the complexities of forming a relationship with a new mentor(s) and sustaining this over the long-term from early to mid-career. It concludes by offering some advice and suggestions to nurses considering mentorship and why it continues to be a valuable resource to the nursing profession.
Let us never consider ourselves finished nurses….we must be learning all of our lives.
—Florence Nightingale
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O’Connor, S. (2023). The Next Generation of Nursing Informaticians: The Benefits of Mixing Mentoring Models. In: Rollins Gantz, N., Hafsteinsdóttir, T.B. (eds) Mentoring in Nursing through Narrative Stories Across the World . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25204-4_64
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