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Abstract
Summary
Internship program is a guided experience with gradual increase in the responsibility, to make the newly graduates to be a self assured practitioner. It is considered to be the first contact between the new graduates and their profession . Internship year is seen as a way to reduce stress involved in role transition and decrease reality shock for the new graduates. As well as providing opportunities for applying theory into practice, it can as well strengthen technical skills and provide a unique opportunities for professional development.
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the impact of internship training on the performance of the interns nurse working in intensive care unit at Zagazig university hospital.
This study conducted in intensive care units at Zagazig university hospital, namely, Surgical hospital ; Emergency hospital and Encology hospital .
study subjects included 80 student nurse interns , after they completed the four years undergraduate years at the faculty of nursing, Zagazig university. The study extended through 6 months from June, first to the end of November, 2004. All nurse’s intern who enrolled in the above intensive care units at the periods of the study were included.
Two tools were used for data collection ; – questionnaire sheet (pre– post test), and observational checklist (pre–post test).
The most important findings of the study are as follows
• The majority of the student nurse interns (95.0 %) have completed their secondary school education before joining the faculty, (5.0 %) completed technical nursing institution.
• There was a highly statistical significant differences in the interns’ knowledge and performance scores in all studied procedures after the internship training comparing to before internship training .
• There were poor knowledge scores in specific items related to oral hygiene, endotracheal suction, nasogastric feeding, intravenous infusion and catheter care after the internship training period.
• There were unsatisfactory performance scores in relation to oral hygiene, endotracheal suction, catheter care after the internship training.
• Pre enrolled qualification has no statistical significant effect in the interns knowledge and performance scores after the internship training.
• There was no statistical significant effect of the nursing practice duration and the interns knowledge scores after the internship training period.
• Studied nurse interns who have nursing practice duration have the highest scores of performance in all studied procedures before the internship training and in most studied procedures after the internship training.
Depending upon these findings the present study recommended more emphasis on the importance of orientation programe for all internship student, periodic ward conferences, presence of manual handbooks containing procedures rendered to patients in ICU, and presence of preceptors in ICU.