Nurse Interns' Satisfaction with Internship Training Program at Alazher 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 (76.2%) of the studied nurse interns were satisfied with all domains of internship training program, while less than one third (23.8%)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