Life-long Learning, Self-care,and Mentoring

1) Conduct Self- Assessment and discuss what you learned from the assessment.
2) Develop a plan to maintain self-care. Identifies 3 areas of focus.
3) Please submit a title and reference page.
4) A minimum of 4 scholarly resources.
5) Adhere to grammar, spelling, punctuation and APA 7th edition guidelines.
Required & Recommended Reading Resources
• Chapters 14, 15 & 16 in Scott, B & Thompson, M. (Eds). (2019). Transitioning from RN to MSN: principles of
professional role development. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.
• Self-Care Assessment
• American Institute of Stress. (2017). Compassion fatigue.
• Dobkin, P. L., Bernardi, N. F., & Bagnis, C. I. (2016). Enhancing clinicians’ well-being and patient-centered
care through mindfulness. Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 36(1), 11–16.
doi:10.1097/CEH.0000000000000021
• Feldman, M. D. (2017). Faculty mentoring toolkit: UCSF faculty mentoring program.
• Fleig-Palmer, M. M., & Rathert, C. (2015). Interpersonal mentoring and its influence on retention of valued
health care workers: The moderating role of affective commitment. Health Care Management Review, 40(1),
56–64. doi:10.1097/HMR.0000000000000011
• Halstead, J. A. (2019). NLN Core Competencies for Nurse Educators: A Decade of Influence. Washington,
DC: National League for Nursing.
• Kennedy, S., Hardiker, N., & Staniland, K. (2015). Empowerment an essential ingredient in the clinical
environment: A review of the literature. Nurse Education Today, 35, 487–492. doi:10.1016/j.nedt.2014.11.014
• National League for Nursing. (2012). The scope of practice for academic nurse educators (2012 revisions).
New York, NY: Author.
• Richards, K. (2013). Self-care is a lifelong journey. Nursing Economic$, 31(4), 198–202.