Find Your Mentor: A Practical Guide for Nurses and Associates Recorded Webinar

Description: This session, recorded in October 2026, explores the professional impact of mentorship and how having a mentor can affect the trajectory of your career. Presenters will share practical ideas for finding your ideal mentor to start your journey and provide insight into SGNA's Mentorship Program.

Overview: Cindy Friis, MEd BSN RN NPD-BC and Lisa Heard, DNP RN CPHQ CPPS CGRN present "Find Your Mentor: A Practical Guide for Nurses and Associates" on behalf of SGNA.

Objectives: At the conclusion of this presentation, the participants will be able to:

1. Identify one career or professional-development goal that mentorship could support. 
2. Distinguish among a mentor, coach, sponsor, preceptor, and peer advisor. 
3. Identify potential mentors within and outside their current department, role, or professional network. 
4. Prepare and deliver a clear mentoring request. 
5. Establish expectations for an effective mentoring relationship.

SGNA is provider-approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 11579. Check with your state board of nursing for acceptability of education sessions for re-licensure.

Contact hour(s): 1.00, non-GI specific

Continuing Education: The Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates, Inc. is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Commission on Accreditation.