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The aims of the study were to: a) reveal the insights from Clinical Experience department staff on their observations of difficulties encountered by first-year nursing students in completing their pre-placement requirements; b) identify first year nursing students' challenges of completing the pre-placement requirements within the expected timeframe; and c) retrospectively describe second-year nursing students' experiences of completing their pre-placement requirements during the preceding year of study. Before entering clinical practice, nursing students are required to meet specified pre-placement clinical mandatory requirements. Yet many nursing students find the process challenging. A multi-method approach using quantitative and qualitative data through questionnaires and interviews. A questionnaire gathered retrospective data from students who had …