Mentoring Nurses in Political Skill to Navigate Organizational Politics

Table 2

Mentoring demographics ().

Variable	Category		%
Mentoring status	Yes, I have a mentor	74	64.4
	No mentor	41	35.6
Description of relationship	Informal mentoring relationship	46	62.2
	Formal mentoring relationship	26	35.1
	Mentoring program	2	2.7
Mentoring contract	Yes	19	25.7
	No	55	74.3
Length of mentoring	1-2 years	30	40.5
	3–5 years	36	48.6
	6+ years	8	10.8
Mentoring phase	Initiation phase	10	13.5
	Cultivating phase	38	51.4
	Separation phase	9	12.2
	Redefinition phase	17	23.0
Mentors work environment	Hospital	6	8.1
	Academic setting	60	81.1
	Other	8	10.8
Mentor’s years of experience	1–5 years	2	2.7
	6–15 years	5	6.8
	16+	67	90.6
Mentor’s highest degree	Masters (MBA, M.P.H., M.S.)	4	5.4
	Doctoral (Ph.D., EdD, J.D.)	61	82.4
	DNP	4	5.4
	M.D.	5	6.8
Mentor’s professional position	Supervisor/Manager	2	2.7
	Director	6	8.1
	Vice President/Sr. Vice President	2	2.7
	Assistant or Associate Professor	19	27.7
	Tenured Professor	29	39.2
	Dean	8	10.8
	Other	8	10.8