NurseMentor: support & guidance for Nursing undergraduates
Registration for the new 2024/25 is now open!
NurseMentor is UCalgary Nursing's mentoring program since 2017
UCalgary Nursing alumni and undergraduate students interested in mentoring are invited to contact us by email for more information.
***
Through NurseMentor, alumni of UCalgary Nursing have helped students become more confident nurses.
In our eighth year of mentoring, we hope to connect more talented RNs with our dedicated nursing students to share mutual insight and guidance.
The purpose of NurseMentor is to support undergraduate student nurses in their professional and personal development and to engage nursing alumni in a meaningful way. Mentoring is a success when both student and mentor are committed to a reciprocal relationship.
All nursing students deserve a mentor, while nurses need a fresh perspective and reminders of their original love of nursing. Consider being a mentor to an aspiring nurse, or seeking a mentor to help clarify your own path as a new nurse.
Interested in mentoring? Or being mentored?
Mentors and student mentees are invited to join the current season of NurseMentor! Registration is now open for 2024/25.
How it works
Mentorship Matters
Mentorship is a passion for me that has been part of my career from the beginning. I have mentored many mentees, and I have been a mentee multiple times over the years.
"I believe mentorship is one of the most important paths to self-enrichment and growth as a professional while providing the same for another. The mutual gain that results from a mentor-mentee relationship is often equally beneficial to both parties, thus making mentorship one of my most significant career decisions."
Fadumo Robinson [BSW, MN, RN]
Associate Chief Nursing Officer & Collaborative Care Lead, Alberta Health Services
"Pam’s mentorship has been empowering. She reminds me to become comfortable with uncertainty while navigating change."
Sierra Pouliot
Nursing student & mentee
Want to learn more about mentorship and how this program for nursing students got started? Read more
NurseMentor News
Mentorship key to navigating transition from nursing school to registered nurse career
In NurseMentor, both emergency nurse Kate Brown and fourth-year student mentee Moez Arhuoma find support and opportunities
Arctic flight nurse and UCalgary Nursing student forge strong bond through NurseMentor
UCalgary nursing alumna Jen Isaac, BN'15, and second-year student Britanie Thomas provide insight into their unique and mutually enriching mentorship experience
Just do it: a mentor’s advice on joining NurseMentor
UCalgary Nursing alumna Karen Lane, BN’05, MN’14 shares her rewarding experience as a first-time mentor
From student to mentor: UCalgary Nursing alumna finds her niche
Keelin Fenske, BN'22 uses her insights as a former mentee and new RN to offer valuable resources and support to first-year nursing students
UCalgary mentorship expert shares her simple mentoring tips
UCalgary Nursing assistant professor Dr. Lorelli Nowell MN’12, PhD’17 shares tips around establishing a good nursing mentoring relationship
Alumni nurses reunite and reminisce on their nursing journeys
Arlene Johnston BN’79, Med’81 and Wes Radulski BN’82 first met at Rockyview General Hospital and still maintain ties to UCalgary Nursing today