Background: There is a problem with many new nurses quitting their new job within a year of employment and one in five nurses consider leaving their profession within five years. There is a link between the demanding work culture of today´s nursing and the preparedness of new nurses to nurse turnover. there has been promising research on structured introduction and of mentorship programs to tackle thesee problems, but little research made of the two combined.

Objective: The aim of this study was to explore newly graduated nurses´ experiences of introduction with combined mentorship, and their views on its influence on the transition from student to nurse.

Design: Qualitative descriptive design with inductive analysis.

Setting (s): Two introduction programs at two different hospitals in southern sweden with mentorship programs present.

Participants: Seven newly graduated nurses, six females and on male

Methods: A qualitative study with semi-structured interviews was conducted. Transcribed data was analyzed with content analysis

Results: The analysis resulted in one overarching main category: Growing into the profession. This main category had three generic categories: Sense of safety, The importance of time and The conditions of the workplace. There were also two sub-categories to every generic category- in total six sub-categories.

Conclusions: The introductional programs contributed to a sense of safety and the importance of time was expressed as a supportive factor by the informants. An unexpected finding was the importance of support from colleagues and a permissive culture in the workplace. Further research in this field is needed.