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Abstract
Background: Mentoring is an interpersonal and developmental relationship between head nurses and their staff nurses, which is vital to organizational and operational success. Mentoring relationship is built on mutual trust, respect and communication, and involves both parties meeting regularly to exchange ideas, discuss progress, and set goals for further development and organizational effectiveness. Aim: To assess head nurses’ mentoring function and its relation with organizational effectiveness at Oncology Center Mansoura University. Methods: Descriptive correlational design was utilized, and the study was conducted on 254 + 28 pilot study staff nurses working at Oncology Center. By using two tools, Head Nurses’ Mentoring on Staff Nurses Scale, and Organizational Effectiveness Questionnaire. Results: The majority of staff nurses (81.5%) were satisfied with their head nurses’ mentoring function. Most of them (71.7%) had high level of perception regarding their organizational effectiveness. There was a highly statistically significant positive correlation between total mentoring function and total organizational effectiveness. Conclusion: Improve organizational effectiveness through increasing head nurses’ mentoring function. Recommendations: Encouraging head nurses to participate in continuing education programs to continually updating their knowledge and skills related to mentoring function. Maintaining environment that encourage head nurses to provide mentoring function to their staff nurses and showing recognition and appreciation for head nurses for their effort in mentoring their staff nurses.