Assessing Transition Experience among Nurse Interns
- 1M.SC., Nursing,- Faculty of Nursing – Ain Shams University
- 2professor of Nursing Administration-Faculty of Nursing – Ain Shams University
- 3Assist professor of Nursing Administration Faculty of Nursing – Ain Shams University
Abstract
Background: Nursing interns frequently experience transition shock. Transition is a complex and continuously shifting process that involves vital changes in roles, responsibilities, and goals as one phase ends, and another begins. Aim of study: aims to assess transition experience among nurse interns. Research design: A descriptive design was used. Setting: the study was carried out Ain-Shams University Hospital, El-Demerdash Hospital, Pediatrics Hospital, and Cardiovascular Hospital. Subjects: A simple random sampling technique was used, including 160 nurse interns. Data collection tools: Data was gathered using the Casey-Fink Graduate Nurse Experience Survey. Results: more than two-thirds of nurse interns had satisfactory experience regarding the stress/burnout dimension. While the majority of them had unsatisfactory experience regarding Learning needs assessment of skills. There were highly significant statistical relationships between total transition experience with attendance training workshops, and there were no statistical relationships between total transition experience with nurse interns’ marital status, hospital name, gender, and age. Conclusion: more than two fifths of nursing interns had satisfactory transition experience. While the majority of them had unsatisfactory transition experience. Recommendations: To fill the gaps in clinical preparation, competency development, and the transition to professional practice, nursing education programs should implement structured internship curricula that combine academic knowledge with a variety of clinical experiences.
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BibTeX
@article{khalifa2026assessing,
title = {{Assessing Transition Experience among Nurse Interns}},
author = {Shereen Samy Khalifa and Samia Mohammed Abdallah Adam and Azza El-Azab Mohamed},
journal = {Egyptian Journal of Health Care},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.21608/ejhc.2026.534147},
url = {https://doi.org/10.21608/ejhc.2026.534147},
note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Assessing Transition Experience among Nurse Interns
AU - Shereen Samy Khalifa
AU - Samia Mohammed Abdallah Adam
AU - Azza El-Azab Mohamed
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/30
JO - Egyptian Journal of Health Care
DO - 10.21608/ejhc.2026.534147
UR - https://doi.org/10.21608/ejhc.2026.534147
AB - Background: Nursing interns frequently experience transition shock. Transition is a complex and continuously shifting process that involves vital changes in roles, responsibilities, and goals as one phase ends, and another begins. Aim of study: aims to assess transition experience among nurse interns. Research design: A descriptive design was used. Setting: the study was carried out Ain-Shams University Hospital, El-Demerdash Hospital, Pediatrics Hospital, and Cardiovascular Hospital. Subjects: A simple random sampling technique was used, including 160 nurse interns. Data collection tools: Data was gathered using the Casey-Fink Graduate Nurse Experience Survey. Results: more than two-thirds of nurse interns had satisfactory experience regarding the stress/burnout dimension. While the majority of them had unsatisfactory experience regarding Learning needs assessment of skills. There were highly significant statistical relationships between total transition experience with attendance training workshops, and there were no statistical relationships between total transition experience with nurse interns’ marital status, hospital name, gender, and age. Conclusion: more than two fifths of nursing interns had satisfactory transition experience. While the majority of them had unsatisfactory transition experience. Recommendations: To fill the gaps in clinical preparation, competency development, and the transition to professional practice, nursing education programs should implement structured internship curricula that combine academic knowledge with a variety of clinical experiences.
SN - 3009-6766
SN - 1687-9546
ER -