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Background: Clinical education is a fundamental component of nurse education. In theory, this aspect involves integrated input from registered nurses, clinical educators and university lecturers. Registered nurses are important contributors to this process and play a major role in influencing and shaping undergraduate nursing students’ early clinical experiences. Despite this important function, their voice has been somewhat neglected. Little is known about registered nurses’ expectations and experiences of first year undergraduate nursing students undertaking their first clinical placement.

Aim: The aim of this study was to explore registered nurses’ expectations and experiences of first year undergraduate students’ levels of knowledge and clinical skills.

Method: Three consecutive focus groups were conducted with a purposive sample of 16 registered nurses. Interviews were audiotaped and transcribed and thematic …