Abstract: Objective To explore the impact of clinical practice training on students' psychology by comparing the career expectation and career maturity of undergraduates in nursing school before and after the internship period and to improve the education with the current education model. Methods A total of 185 undergraduate students majoring in nursing from grade 2017, School of Nursing, Baotou Medical College, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology were selected as the research subjects. Questionnaire survey was conducted before and after the internship using the occupational expectation scale and the occupational maturity scale. Paired-sample Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used to compare the total scores of career expectations and career maturity and the scores of each dimension before and after the internship. Results The career expectation of the undergraduates before and after internship training were 39.0(30.0,44.0) and 43.0(36.0,47.0) respectively, and the difference was statistically significant (P=0.003). The career maturity of nursing students before and after internship was 104.0(98.0,115.0) and 102.0(95.0,109.0) respectively and the difference was not statistically significant (P>0.05). Conclusions Clinical practice can improve the career expectation of nursing undergraduates, but has no significant influence on career maturity. Nursing colleges should focus on the improvement of career expectations of nursing undergraduates during their studies.

Key words: Nursing undergraduates, Vocation value, Career expectation, Career maturity