J Nurs Educ
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This study investigated the relationship between senior nursing faculty mentoring activities and support for faculty mentoring provided by nursing program administrators. Eighty nurse administrators and 389 senior nursing faculty from NLN-accredited MSN programs completed questionnaires. ⋯ The majority of institutions expressed support for the concept of mentoring and nurse administrators used informal mechanisms to support faculty mentoring. Significant differences were found between the three different levels of support and two supportive activities used by nurse administrators to facilitate mentoring relationships: (1) to arrange gatherings, and (2) to provide funding for joint projects.