ABSTRACT
A survey study was conducted using a sample of 1587 nurses utilizing four semi-structured questionnaires. The results indicated that in Assuit 34.8% of nurses are working in primary care facilities, in Sohag 48.3% and in Menia 33.5%. The majority of these nurses are young diploma graduates. The vast majority of these nurses did not receive pre- employment training and most of them did not receive in- service training. More than 90% of nurses in the three governorates indicated that they were being evaluated periodically by their superiors, and that the evaluation was mostly written and they get a chance to see it. Nursing school officials indicated that discrepancy between planned versus actual clinical training activities reflects negatively on graduates' performance upon employment