The nurse manager tells a newly licensed nurse that having a mentor is a benefit to career development. What should the new nurse expect from a mentor–protégé relationship?
1. The protégé will select the mentor.
2. Once established, this relationship lasts forever.
3. The relationship will develop through stages.
4. Mentors are generally of the opposite gender as the protégé.
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Rationale 1: The mentor typically selects the protégé.
Rationale 2: These relationships change and often end as the protégé develops.
Rationale 3: These relationships move through a definable series of stages, just like most relationships.
Rationale 4: The mentor and protégé are typically the same gender.
Global Rationale:
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