Students' mentorship experiences
Overall, the students' experiences of mentorship were positive. Most students disagreed or somewhat disagreed that not every mentor likes being a mentor and that mentors can be disinterested in mentoring students; however 16 of 53 students (29.6%) did not agree that good nurses are always good mentors. Most students received sufficient support from their mentor at the start of their clinical placement and felt that their mentoring needs are very different than when they first started the course. Most felt they received more feedback from their mentor on how to improve their practice in year 3 than at the beginning of the course. Only nine students (16.7%) believed that staff shortage had affected the mentoring they received. Only five students (9.3%) did not feel that their mentor had enough mentorship experiences to support students in practice. Twenty-eight students (51.9%) found it easy to get their practice book signed by their mentor; however nine students (16.7%) felt anxious about their mentor taking the practice book home. All students reported to also having received support from other staff in their clinical placement. Table 2 presents the data in detail.