A guide to everything you need to conduct a successful peer mentoring program

Description

This book (by Karl Pillemer, Rhoda Meador) contains all the materials you need to conduct a mentoring program in a long-term care facility. Based on best practices and field-tested in hundreds of organizations, it includes the full mentoring curriculum as well as all the resources you will need to successfully implement the program. The program, designed to reduce turnover during the first critical 90 days of employment, includes an implementation guide and six training units for CNA peer mentors, based on a national best practices study. Topics include modules on adult learning, team leadership, communication skills and helping the new CNA manage work-related stress. Participation in this mentoring program can offer CNAs a sense of pride and feeling of professionalism in their position.  This program is designed to help facilities reduce CNA turnover, save money, and build a more loyal staff.

How to Use This Tool

Much of the costly turnover that takes place in healthcare facilities occurs in the first 90 days. One evidence-based solution to this problem is a CNA mentoring program-a staff-development program for identifying, training and rewarding experienced CNAs who are committed to helping new caregivers learn the ropes.

The value of a peer-mentoring program lasts long after the initial weeks of a CNA’s employment. Besides helping to retain new staff, a good mentoring program orients them to the expectations of the best of their peers and serves to cultivate the kind of teamwork and cohesiveness that results in quality care. It also helps them to be productive contributors sooner, and they see right from the start that their success is important both to their employer and their coworkers.

How to Obtain This Tool

Order online from amazon.com, borders.com, or barnes&noble.com

 Contact

Order from one of the booksellers above or contact Delmar Cengage Learning directly at 1-800-648-7450.