Considering mentorship as an opportunity for addressing nursing and midwifery faculty shortage in low-income countries: Discursive paper

Background: The shortage of nursing and midwifery faculty is one of the many global issues in nursing and midwifery education,  particularly impacting lowincome countries. This shortage challenges the effectiveness of midwifery education. To enhance human  resources dedicated to educating future nurses and midwives, mentorship has been suggested as a remedy. The aim of this discussion  paper is to analyze and substantiate the importance of integrating mentorship in nursing and midwifery education programs using the  case of Rwanda as an example.
Methods: As a discursive paper, we draw on both the scholarly literature and our own expertise as nurse and midwife educators to  explore the challenge of faculty shortages and the opportunity for mentorship.
Results: Mentorship is a pillar of the nursing and  midwifery profession in that it engages junior nurses and midwives in teaching and learning processes. 
Conclusion: Mentorship is  proposed as a good response to the shortage of nurses and midwives, and this could positively impact the nursing and midwifery  profession by bringing new nurses and midwives into education roles.