title: An evaluation of the internship program: the Jerusalem experience.
abstract: Concurrent evaluation of an internship which was part of a four year BSN programme, at the Haddassah School, of Nursing was conducted. Data for this evaluation included input from students, teachers and clinical preceptors who answered questionnaires regarding goals' accomplishments in this particular programme. The results consists of both statistical and content analysis of the evaluation. The ones which were evaluated are: students' achievements, preceptors' skills and abilities to surprise students, nursing teachers' abilities in accompanying the programme, students' grades were also evaluated in order to compare their performance during the school years and the internship programme. This evaluation allowed reviewing the intership's goals, at the Haddassah School of Nursing. Similar tools are being used at the present as part of a yearly prospective evaluation and are found to be of great value in improving the transition from students' to professional status.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ziv
mesh_terms: D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D007587:Job Description; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D011231:Preceptorship / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires