MALEFICENT MENTORING 

 

Written by Dr. Kristina Leyden

Illustrated by Kamilla Rivera-Leyden

 

Abstract          

 

Maleficent Mentoring is a series of satirical letters from a master professor to a novice professor taking on the reins of educating nursing students. The series was inspired by C.S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters. Like The Screwtape Letters, Maleficent Mentoring is written in an apologetic and epistolary style. It is entirely satirical in nature. The letters are a correspondence between the two characters with the senior nursing professor mentoring this new professor. The characters and mentorship are used to address the notion of “eating our young” and address morals and ethics in educating nurses and patient care. Like C.S. Lewis’ initial release of his letters, this too is released in each journal volume. All contents are fictional. All illustrations are original.

 

Keywords: education, nursing, coaching, mentoring, satire, ethics, morals, creative reflection