“…The mentoring is usually performed by registered nurses employed at the health care institutions and departments where the nursing students perform their clinical practice ( Bjørk et al, 2014 ; Mortjernet et al, 2022 ). Although Norway follows several mentoring models ( Koch et al, 2023 ), most nursing students are mentored by onsite nurse mentors during their clinical practice as is very common in other European countries ( Mikkonen et al, 2020 ; Nes et al, 2020 ).…”