Table 3.

The themes and subthemes

Themes	Subthemes
Facilitation of the socialization process	Role model nurses Awareness of and adherence to professional rules and regulations Gaining a professional identity Awareness of different roles in nursing
Filling the gap between theory and practice	The presence of the faculty in the ward as a clinical supervisor Transferring nurses’ clinical experiences to internship nursing students Participation of internship students and clinical supervisors in nurse education Nursing managers’ willingness to recruit nursing internship students after graduation
Improving self-confidence and independence	Being approved by nurses Providing direct patient care An internship student as a member of the health care team.
Opportunity for clinical skill training	Increasing the frequency of nursing procedures Diverse nursing procedures in different shifts Exposure to a wide range of patients
Achilles’ heel of the clinical setting	A risk of routine-centeredness instead of patient-centeredness Delegated clinical education Imposing more clinical work on the student Lack of amenities