Experiences of Bachelor of Science Nursing Students Participating in Peer Mentorship in Kenyan Universities.
Peer mentoring provides opportunity of a higher skilled or experienced individual to support the lesser in the same category with benefits being experienced by both. Peer mentors eventually perceive the process as transformational born out of desire to help. Due to the nature of the course intensive...
| Published in: | International Journal of Nursing Education Vol. 15; no. 4; pp. 8 - 14 |
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