Abstract
Introduction: Internship program is considered to be the most effective means of increased the novice practitioner's confidence and competence and enhancing care setting, acquisition of technical and managerial skills. It is the most critical period in the professional life of the graduate. Aim of the study: assess the impact of internship training experience on nurse intern skills acquisition. Design: descriptive design. Setting: Intensive care units at Mansoura University hospital. Subjects and methods: The study sample composed of 130 nurse interns. Data was collected by using observation checklist for nurse interns (Orientation Professional Profile Checklist). Results: revealed that there was statistically significant improvement in both technical and managerial skills after two months internship training experience (P<0.05). Recommendation: The findings of the present study concluded that, there was a highly statistical significant difference in the intern nurse skills according to all technical and managerial skills after two months internship training experience. However, there was not statistical significant improvement according to data collection items after two months internship training experience. Therefore, considerable attention and more efforts are required to maximize the intern's benefits from the internship training period. Every nurse intern should be aware of her/his role during internship training program from job description and log book must be including nurse intern job description.