ABSTRACT

Background: Onshore international students often face a variety of challenges in adjusting to their new surroundings. As a result, as part of a systematic approach to improving educational outcomes, nursing faculty must incorporate innovative orientation programs as part of their mentoring processes to address these issues for improving the educational outcomes.

Aim: To assess the impact of an orientation program on the international nursing students’ adjustment to their academic life.

Methods: A quasi-experimental (one group pre-posttest) design was utilized to achieve the aim of the present study.

The study was conducted at Cairo University's Faculty of Nursing's Education Development Center. The research invited a convenient sample of (70) international nursing students at the first academic level to participate in the study. Three tools for data collection were used as follows; Personal data, student’s knowledge test & adjustment with college.

Results: Pre- orientation program implementation, immediately after, and three months later, a statistically significant differences in the international nursing students' adjustment and knowledge improvement mean scores were observed.

Conclusion: Introducing the orientation program improved the adjustment of international nursing students.

Keywords: International Nursing Students, Orientation Program, Knowledge, Adjustment, College Life.