Background: Nursing is a profession requiring prolonged training and a formal
qualification. Therefore, nurse interns are expected to display competent and skillful
behaviors in alignment with their profession. Aim: This study aimed to investigate the
relationships between psychological empowerment, clinical competence and professional
value among nursing intern students. Research design: A cross-sectional descriptive design
was utilized. Subjects: a sample of 289 nursing intern students affiliated with the
government and private Hospitals during the academic year 2019/2020. Data were collected
from June to Augustus. Tools: Self- administered questionnaire which consisted of four tools:
Personal and job characteristics of the participants, psychological empowerment scale,
clinical competence scale and professional value scale. Results: Two-third of nursing intern
students perceived psychological empowerment as a good level in both training hospitals and
the total mean score of the psychological empowerment variable was 42.69±3.045 The
highest mean scores for the "Meaning" dimension and "Impact" dimension was the lowest
mean score of all psychological empowerment dimensions. More than half of the nursing
intern students had a high level of total clinical competency in both training hospitals. The
highest mean score of clinical competence was related to work role while the lowest mean
score was related to ensuring quality subscale. The highest percent of the studied nursing
intern students had a good perception level toward total professional values in the
Governmental hospital and Private hospitals and the total mean score was (89.98±8.567),
(94.31±6.939) respectively. Conclusions: There was a statistically significant positive
correlation between the total psychological empowerment score, clinical competence, and
professional values scores among nursing intern students. Recommendations: It is
recommended to nursing colleges should provide a good relationship between faculty and
training hospital staff and preparation of nursing intern students through a well-organized
program, especially the part of the clinical experience. And continuous supervision and
appraisal interviews should be conducted with nursing intern students through daily, weekly
discussions and at the end of clinical experience by her immediate supervisor to discuss her
performance to learn more, develop her knowledge and skills.