Anticipating Internship: A Content Analysis of Nursing Students' Expectations Towards Clinical Placement Programs
Young Eun Jang, Sun Jung Park
The purpose of this study is to deeply understand how nursing students perceive internship programs and what expectations and demands they have through it. This study is a descriptive survey research that analyzed counseling diaries recorded after counseling regarding the expectations and demands perceived by nursing students from three universities located in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do on internship programs. The analysis of interview data regarding nursing students' perceptions of hospital internships, classified into expectations towards hospital internships and demands on internship programs, resulted in a total of 89 key meanings and 15 categories. As confirmed by this research, internship programs are of significant educational importance to nursing students. Accordingly, it is necessary to have a systematic program that can positively influence nursing students to grow internally and externally during their hospital internship period.
Keywords: Nursing students, Internship perceptions, Program analysis, Clinical Placement Programs
