Nurse Interns’ Satisfaction with Internship Training Program at Alazher University

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Clinical instructor at Faculty of Nursing Alazher university

2 Assistant Professor of Nursing Administration Faculty of Nursing Ain Shams University.

3 Doctor of Nursing Administration , Faculty of Nursing Ain Shams University.

Abstract

Background: Nurse interns’ satisfaction is a comprehensive term that comprises satisfaction of nurse interns, overall internship training program and organization’s policies. Aim: This study aimed to assess nurse interns' satisfaction with internship training program. Design: A descriptive research design was utilized in this study. Setting: This study was carried out in Al-Azher University Hospitals (Al-Hussien University Hospital and Elzhraa University Hospital). Subjects: this study was conducted on 126 nurse interns. Tools: a self-administered questionnaire sheet named internship satisfaction questionnaire Results: Three quarters of the studied nurse interns were satisfied with all domains of internship training program, while less than one third of them were unsatisfied as regards to the total internship satisfaction level with internship training program Conclusion: There was positive statistically significant correlations were documented between total internship satisfaction dimensions, as well as each dimension with studied nurse interns' satisfaction. Recommendations: Utilization of the study finding to investigate the impact of clinical learning environment improvement on intern nurses’ performance and their satisfaction level

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