The effect of nursing internship program on burnout and professional commitment

Professional commitment is defined as a belief in and acceptance of the values of the profession which is chosen, effort to actualize these values, desire to improve him/herself. Nurses' professional and organizational commitment are influenced by factors such as job stress, job satisfaction an...

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Published in:Nurse education today 2018-09, Vol.68, p.19-22
Main Authors: Ayaz-Alkaya, Sultan, Yaman-Sözbir, Şengül, Bayrak-Kahraman, Burcu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Burnout
Career advancement
College students
Commitments
Control Groups
Experiential learning
Internship Programs
Internships
Job satisfaction
Nurses
Nursing
Nursing education
Nursing internship
Occupational stress
Organizational commitment
Pretests Posttests
Professional commitment
Quasi-experimental methods
Questionnaires
Test scores
Undergraduate
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Summary:Professional commitment is defined as a belief in and acceptance of the values of the profession which is chosen, effort to actualize these values, desire to improve him/herself. Nurses' professional and organizational commitment are influenced by factors such as job stress, job satisfaction and burnout. This study was conducted to determine the effect of nursing internship program on professional commitment and burnout of senior nursing students. A quasi-experimental study with a pretest and posttest without control group design was used. Students who were attending nursing internship program and agreed to participate were included in the study. Sample consisted of 101 students. Data were collected with a questionnaire, the burnout measure short version and nursing professional commitment scale. After the nursing internship, 77.2% were pleased to study nursing, 83.2% were pleased to be a senior student, 55.4% did not have any intention to change their profession, 81.2% wanted to work as nurses, and 82.2% were planning career advancement in nursing of the students, 34.7% and 43.6% were found to experience burnout, before and after the nursing internship, respectively (p 
ISSN:0260-6917
1532-2793
DOI:10.1016/j.nedt.2018.05.020