Entrepreneurial Awareness, Intention among Nurse Interns and its Relation to Their Self-Care Practice at selected Nursing Faculties “Comparative Study”

Abstract

Background: In the modern era, the ideas of enterprise, entrepreneur, and entrepreneurship have also gained prominence in our nation as well as throughout the entire world in order to promote personal and social welfare and improve quality of life (Jena, 2020). The aim of the study was to examine the nurse interns' entrepreneurial awareness, intention and their relation to self-care practice. Design: A descriptive comparative research design was utilized. Subject: Convenience sample consisted of (total No. 580) of internship student classified as the following 380 nursing intern students from faculty of nursing at Minia university and 200 nursing intern students from faculty of nursing at Cairo university. Setting: clinical setting for intern student at Minia university hospitals and Cairo university hospitals, in Cairo, Egypt Tools of data collection: 1 st tool divided into two parts, first part Personal data, second part Entrepreneurship awareness questionnaire, 2 nd tool; Nursing interns`entrepreneurial intention questionnaire, and 3 rd Mindful Self-Care Scale -Short (MSCS). Results: the majority of Minia nursing intern students have shown moderate level of entrepreneurial awareness, intention and self-care practice while Cairo nursing intern students have high level of entrepreneurial awareness, intention and self-care practice. Conclusion: The present study concluded that, that there was a positive correlation between entrepreneurial awareness, intention. and self-care practice. Recommendations: In order to meet the expanding and new needs in the health sector, nursing intern students need to strengthen their working skills by having entrepreneurial qualities at various care levels.