Improving mentor's competencies in nursing mentorship program through role empowerment by Swanson's theory of caring

Objective: This study aimed to identify the impact of role empowerment of mentor by Swanson's theory approach on mentor's competency in the mentorship program. Method: Pilot study approach was used in this study. Pre-experiment design with one group pretest–posttest without control was used to evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention and 12 mentors were selected through a total sampling method and 36 mentoring programs were selected by total activities on time interventions. Paired t-test, Pearson correlation, Wilcoxon, and Spearman test were applied to analyze the data. Result: There was a significant improvement in mentors’ knowledge, behavior, and skill prior to and following the intervention (p = 0.0001; α = 0.05). Mentor's skill was the competency with the lowest improvement (78.96%) compared to the competency of knowledge (85.4%) and behavior (84.65%). Conclusion: Role empowerment of mentor by Swanson's theory of caring approach was effective in improving mentor's competencies in mentorship.