The nurse professor is lecturing to students in their final semester of nursing school. Which statement by the nurse professor about mentoring is accurate?
a. "Mentoring involves solving an individu-al's problems.".
b. "Mentoring focuses on the needs of someone else.".
c. "Mentoring means helping someone reach his or her long-term goals.".
d. "Mentoring requires pairing an expe-rienced person with a novice.".
B
Mentoring requires a primary focus on the needs of the mentee and an effort to fulfill the most critical of these needs. Meeting these needs first makes achievement of goals more realistic. Mentoring does not involve solving an individual's problems, helping someone reach long-term goals, or pairing an experienced person with a novice.
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