Mentorship part 1: the role in the learning environment

Mentors play a vital role in the education of preregistration nursing students. Because the learning environments in which the students are placed are crucial for the development of the future workforce, it could be argued that mentors are the ‘gatekeepers’ of the nursing profession. However, the mentor's role is not an easy one and, with the added pressures of modern health care, there appear to be greater demands placed on nurses, which in...