The younger, new graduates hired into your clinic or unit have been asking for mentors. You decide to ask administration for an altered staffing model so you can include one of the highly respected, knowledgeable seasoned nurses in the indirect-care schedule for half the work week to serve as a mentor and resource for these nurses. How would you craft your request to administration to justify that change?

How would you advise this nurse to spend his time with the five new hires for the next year?