The transition process of fresh graduated nurses from nursing student become nurse, it could be challenging especially in this generation which facing of technology acceleration, in the other hand as a nurse should be humanist. Someone who has good cognitive and technical skills, but without adequate mentoring, it would be difficult to endure adaptation process successfully. Therefore, a mentor would play important role to guide the novice nurses in dealing with situations in the work environment. Objective: This study aims to explore the experience of mentors in hospitals in mentoring beginner nurses. Methods: This qualitative research uses interpretive phenomenology by using Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics as a methodology. The data collected through semi-structured interviews. The samples of this study were 8 nurses from several unit in a hospital.Results: This study resulted in three themes: mentoring process; mentor roles and functions; and challenges of a mentor. Discussion: One of challenging mentoring is short duration of mentoring due to rush hour in a ward. Unsuccsessful mentoring could contribute the difficulty of fresh graduated nurse to adapt on working life. Conclusion: Mentor commitment in mentoring fresh graduated nurse on the transition and adaptation of working should be supported by positive corporate culture and synergistically with institution policy. Keywords: Mentoring,Challenges of Mentor, Mentor Roles and Functions, Adaptation of fresh graduated nurses
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