Mentoring Nurses in Political Skill to Navigate Organizational Politics

<table class="table-group" id="tab4"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Skill level (ratings)</td><td class="align_center"><i>n</i></td><td class="align_center">%</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Low skill (1 or 2)</td><td class="align_center">0</td><td class="align_center">0.0</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Average skill (3, 4, or 5)</td><td class="align_center">74</td><td class="align_center">64.3</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">High skill (6 or 7)</td><td class="align_center">41</td><td class="align_center">35.7</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td><i>Note</i>. Ratings were based on a 7-point scale: 1 = <i>strongly disagree</i> to 7 = <i>strongly agree</i>. The scale of low, average, and high skill is based on Ferris [<a href="/journals/nrp/2016/3975634/#B33">32</a>].<br/></td></tr></table>

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