Educating the nurses of tomorrow: exploring first-year nursing students' reflections on a one-week senior peer-mentor supervised inspiration practice in nursing homes.

"Declarations Ethical approval and consent to participateThe study was approved by the Norwegian Agency for Shared Services in Education and Research (Sikt/Ref. number 334855) and by the leader of the Department of Nursing and Health Promotion at Oslo Metropolitan University. This study does not aim to gain insights into participants’ health status, sexuality, ethnicity and political affiliation (sensitive information); therefore, the study is exempted from ethical approval from the Norwegian Regional Committees for Medical and Health Research Ethics because no health information or patient data are registered. This study was performed according to principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki and in accordance with Oslo Metropolitan University’s guidelines and regulations. The data were kept confidential and used only for this research purpose. To protect the anonymity of the participants, participant characteristics are not elaborated upon in the paper. The researchers provided verbal and written information about the study. Written voluntary informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to data collection. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding This study received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors. Open access funding provided by OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University"