Background: The education for becoming a registered nurse in Sweden includes compulsory time for clinical practice. The clinical education means an essential part in the students’ personal development. According to regulation for nurses, a registered nurse has the responsibility to supervise nurse students during their clinical placement.

Aim:. The aim of the examination was to describe nurse students´ experiences of supervision during clinical education.

Method: The study was an empirical examination based on interviews with seven nurse students.

Results: The result showed that nurse students wanted to be seen and treated as colleagues, but not used as labour. Students believed that a supervisor was required to have knowledge how the students learn and how to teach the students about the coming role as a nurse, major themes that appeared were: to have time for the student, to promote a good interaction and to respect the students´ situation.