title: Trauma internship: a success story.
abstract: Internships, valuable mechanisms that bridge the gap between academic preparation and initial clinical experience, are attractive to new graduates who have had limited exposure to different aspects of nursing and want a chance to learn more about a particular specialty. Upon completion of an internship, nurses have a broader knowledge base than those who have had an indepth orientation to just one nursing unit. This article describes the development and implementation of a trauma internship in a 570-bed tertiary care, level I trauma center. Program components and evaluation are presented.
authors.affiliation: Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, North Carolina 27835.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dunnum
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bailey
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D009657:North Carolina; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education*; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D011231:Preceptorship / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D013041:Specialties, Nursing / Q000193:education*; D014193:Trauma Centers; D014194:Traumatology / Q000193:education*