Background: To provide nursing students with a more positive learning environment, the nursing faculty seeks to discover new effective teaching-learning strategies. One of these strategies is peer mentoring which allows students to assist and advise each other and helping them practicing nursing more efficiently. Study Aim: To determine the effect of peer-mentoring strategy on nursing students’ infection control practice and its selfefficacy and stress. Settings: This study was conducted at the Technical Institute of Nursing in Sharq Elmadena Hospital in Alexandria, Egypt. Subjects: A convenient sample of 75 students, 15 mentors recruited from the student interns and 60 nursing students from the 4th academic year, who were randomly divided into two main mentees and control groups. Tools: Three tools were used. Tool one, "Nursing Students' Infection Control Performance Observational Checklist"; Tool two, “The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)"; Tool three “Infection Control Practices Self-Efficacy Questionnaire. Results: The study showed a significant improvement in infection control practice and selfefficacy in the study group more than in the control group. Furthermore, the study group exhibited significant lower stress levels than the control group. Conclusion: Peer mentoring is a great tactic strategy that can enhance nursing students' experiences in the clinical nursing field especially in the critical care units. It has been proven effectiveness in decreasing stress and improving infection control practice and self-efficacy, which are all important factors in clinical practice. There was an overall positive feedback from the studied students regarding peer mentoring to be implemented into clinical education. The study further proves the significance of the strategy in nursing education. Recommendations: Peer mentoring strategy should be considered as a significant teaching method in nursing education and its clinical practice. Training workshops should be conducted for nursing educators and students to enhance their abilities and competencies in using peer mentoring strategy.
Abd-Elfattah, A., Taha, E., Akl, H., & Ghallab, E. (2022). Effect of Peer Mentoring Strategy on Nursing Students’ Infection Control Practice, Self-efficacy and Stress. Alexandria Scientific Nursing Journal, 24(3), 75-86. doi: 10.21608/asalexu.2022.267757
MLA
Ayah Shaban Abd-Elfattah; Eman El- Sayed Taha; Hayam Fathy Akl; Eman Ghallab. "Effect of Peer Mentoring Strategy on Nursing Students’ Infection Control Practice, Self-efficacy and Stress", Alexandria Scientific Nursing Journal, 24, 3, 2022, 75-86. doi: 10.21608/asalexu.2022.267757
HARVARD
Abd-Elfattah, A., Taha, E., Akl, H., Ghallab, E. (2022). 'Effect of Peer Mentoring Strategy on Nursing Students’ Infection Control Practice, Self-efficacy and Stress', Alexandria Scientific Nursing Journal, 24(3), pp. 75-86. doi: 10.21608/asalexu.2022.267757
VANCOUVER
Abd-Elfattah, A., Taha, E., Akl, H., Ghallab, E. Effect of Peer Mentoring Strategy on Nursing Students’ Infection Control Practice, Self-efficacy and Stress. Alexandria Scientific Nursing Journal, 2022; 24(3): 75-86. doi: 10.21608/asalexu.2022.267757
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