Influence of Internship Program on Professional Commitment among Nurse Interns

E. Fetouh, Aya; F. Fakhry, Samah; A. Khalaaf, Dalia

doi:10.21608/ejhc.2025.444753

Influence of Internship Program on Professional Commitment among Nurse Interns

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ 1) BSc., Nursing

² 2) Professor of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Ain-shams University

³ 3) Assistant Professor of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Ain-Shams University

10.21608/ejhc.2025.444753

Abstract

Background: Internship program is a critical phase in nursing career, understanding how this phase can shape nurse interns professional commitment and career outlook is crucial to foster their long – term engagement within nursing profession. Aim: This study was aimed to assess the influence of internship program on professional commitment and career maturity among nurse interns. Research design: A pre / posttest evaluation design was used. Setting: The study was conducted at governmental and private hospitals namely: (El zeitoun specialized hospital, Nasser Institute hospital, Wadi El Nile hospital and El Bank Al Ahaly hospital). Subjects: a simple random sample of 125 nurse interns was selected to conduct this study. Tools of data collection: professional commitment inventory and career maturity inventory were used to collect data in this study. Results: nurse interns' age ranged between 21 to 31 years, with a median of (23.0) years as presented in this study. The majority was males (75.2%), with a general pre-university education (81.6%). this study indicates that the majority of the nurse interns had high professional commitment at the start of the internship program exceeding (90%) in all its three dimensions. also (3.2%) of the nurse interns in the study sample had high total career maturity at the internship program start. This increased reaching (32.0%) at the end of the internship program. Conclusion: There was the influence of internship program on professional commitment and career maturity among nurse interns. Recommendations: Share the nurse intern in decision-making process to increase interest about occupation and help discovers their own skills and talents alongside with careers, and conduct the on-the-job training, workshops and seminars, and other continuing education activities.

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