Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:
1| Define and describe the role of a nurse residency mentor
2| Describe the benefits of nurse residency mentorship from the perspective of the mentor and the nurse resident
3| Identify the process and engagement of a mentoring session
4| Explain how to meet and maintain the expectations of a Baystate Health nurse residency mentor

Faculty

Brittany Patterson, MSN, RN
Manager, BH Nurse Residency Program
Baystate Medical Center

Julie Racicot, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CCRN
Nurse Educator, BH Nurse Residency Program
Baystate Medical Center

Faculty Disclosure

The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education (CE) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options. Any relevant financial relationships are mitigated prior to the educational activity.

None of the planners or faculty for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.                                                                          

Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, Baystate Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 

Nurses
Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.25 contact hour(s).  Nurses should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.