Original Research Article
Year: 2017 | Month: May | Volume: 7 | Issue: 5 | Pages: 218-223
The Effectiveness of Orientation Programme among Nurse Interns: An Initial Step towards Quality Nursing Care
Janula Raju1, Dr. Mona Mohamed Megahed2, Chithra R.A1
1Lecturer, College of Applied Medical Science, Mohayil, King Khalid University, KSA
2Dean, College of Applied Medical Science, Mohayil, King Khalid University, KSA
2Nursing Department, Technical Health Institute, El Mansoura City, Egypt
Corresponding Author: Janula Raju
ABSTRACT
Back ground: Orientation programs are known to be a key element for the successful career of newly graduated nurses. An effective orientation program can offer the novel nurse with significant confidence in her clinical skills and decision-making, which results in job satisfaction.
Methods: The study was conducted at College of Applied medical science for females, King Khalid University, Mohayil, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This was a study with one group pretest and post test design. The sampling technique adopted for this study was purposive sampling. The participants in this study were 30 newly graduated students. The self administered questionnaire which was prepared by the investigator was used for data collection. It contains 25 questions in two sections. The questionnaire has been administered to the nurse interns before the programmes starts, it was considered as pretest. After the programme same questionnaire has been distributed and it was considered as post test.
Result: All the participants in this study were females in age range from 22-26 yrs, with a mean age of 23.5 yrs. Comparison of pre and post test score knowledge of Nurse Interns has been done by using paired t test. The result stated that the difference in pre and post test is considered to be extremely statistically significant (p<0.0001) and programme was effective.
Conclusion: The orientation programme is an important aspect in the transition from student to the nurse which gives them confidence, job satisfaction, and competence. Every institution is responsible for guiding the new nurse to provide such opportunities for learning.
Key words: Effectiveness, orientation programme, Nurse Interns, Knowledge