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ABSTRACT Aim: This study aims to determine the effect of nursing internships on nursing students’ satisfaction with their nursing education. Methods: The study population for this research comprised 321 nursing interns studying in the Nursing Faculty at Ataturk University between May and June 2017. The study sample included 285 students who agreed to participate in the study between these dates. The research data were collected using Personal Information Form, the Nightingale Internship Program Evaluation Scale (N-IPES) and the Student Satisfaction Scale-Short Form (SSS-SF). The research data were evaluated using arithmetic mean, standard deviation, frequency, percentile and correlation analysis through the SPSS package program. Results: The mean age of the participating students was 22.4 ± 1.17 years, 70.2% of them were female, 49.5% were regular high school graduates, and 63.5% willingly selected the nursing profession. A statistically significant and positive relationship was found between students’ total scores on the N-IPES and SSS-SF, and also between all of their mean scores on the subscales of these two scales, except the subscale of participation in decisions (p<0.05). Conclusion: Internships were found to increase students’ satisfaction with nursing education.

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