Nurse Practitioner Mentoring

Mentoring assists to develop NPs and expand their roles, it provides opportunities to observe colleagues practice, to succession plan, and consolidate skills and knowledge. Mentoring encourages and provides constructive feedback, and a willingness to share knowledge and skills in a open, trusted, and respectful environment. 

This mentoring relationship nurtures, supports and challenges the prospective, emerging or experienced NP to expand their practice, while supporting their ability to meet the National Competency Standards for Nurse Practitioners.  The relationship can exist regardless of location or context of practice, and can be mutually beneficial in broadening experience.

Read the ACNP Mentorship Position Statement for clarification.

The ACNP Mentor program is designed to support students in NP Masters courses as they learn and develop their skills to become endorsed NPs. ACNP is not often able to extend this service to cover additional needs.

ACNP encourages multidisciplinary mentorship arrangements as part of our advice to members in relation to clinical mentorship, as currently there are only limited numbers of nurse practitioners accessible for mentorship arrangements. We consider advanced clinical assessment, and advanced diagnostics skills, along with capacity to prescribe and evaluate treatments as the key attributes required for a mentor for a Nurse Practitioner, or a Nurse Practitioner Student.

Mentor Matching