The Mentorship: A Student Success Strategy Mentoring Program Toolkit is a revision of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation New Careers in Nursing Scholarship Program’s (NCIN) mentoring program. It was used by the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action for its September 2019 and its February 2021 Diversifying the Nursing Workforce: Mentoring for Student Retention and NCLEX Success trainings.

The toolkit is designed to guide and assist schools of nursing in developing and implementing mentorship programs that offer structured support and opportunities that may increase student success and retention.

Toolkit Objectives:

• Provide a structured approach for developing a mentorship program.
• Provide information and guidance on implementing mentoring support for nursing students during their attendance in programs of nursing studies.
• Provide instructional options and a guidebook for mentoring activities that can be adapted to a wide variety of nursing schools and programs.