title: Lack of support from a mentor while on a placement is something that, unfortunately, many of us will recognise (reflections May 25).
abstract: The Nursing and Midwifery Council code of conduct requires all nurses to support learners and expects all nurses to aspire to be a mentor. While this is great in theory, not everyone makes a good mentor and many nurses who attend mentorship programmes openly admit that they are doing it to aid their career progression.
authors.affiliation: Pre-registration nursing Kingston University and St George's University of London.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Elcock