Which statement refl ects the difference between a preceptor and a mentor?

1 Preceptors provide a lifelong learning relationship, whereas mentors provide shorter-term learning relationships.

2 Mentors do not have to be nurses but preceptors do.

3 A mentoring relationship exists only at the beginning graduate nurse level, whereas preceptors occur across experience levels.

4 It is the type of communication pattern that is maintained.

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