The chief nursing officer develops a mentoring program to help new staff members adjust to their new jobs. The main purpose of mentoring is:
a. Promoting staff retention.
b. Promoting staff attrition.
c. Developing new role expectations.
d. Promoting staff supervision.
A
Mentoring has been identified as important to staff retention.
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