Investigation and analysis on professional identity of nursing students with different educational backgrounds
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1672-7088.2013.15.006
- VernacularTitle:不同学历护生专业认同感的调查分析
- Author:
Hongbo XU
;
Ping ZHAO
;
Chaoqun DONG
;
Lianlian ZHU
;
Lusha ZHOU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Nursing students;
Educational background;
Professional identity
- From:
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing
2013;(15):15-19
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate and analyze the status quo of professional identity of nursing students with different educational backgrounds.Methods With stratified-cluster random sampling,635 students were surveyed using the nursing students' professional identity questionnaire.Results The total score of professional identity of junior college nursing students was significantly higher than that of undergraduate students.Junior college nursing students had a higher score in professional knowledge dimension than undergraduate and graduate students,while the score of nursing undergraduate students was higher than that of graduate students.Junior college nursing students had a higher score in professional will dimension than undergraduate and graduate students.Nursing graduate students had a higher score in professional expectation dimension than junior college and undergraduate students,while the score of undergraduate students was higher than that of junior college students.Whatever the educational background,professional skill and professional expectation were the top two dimensions,while professional knowledge and professional emotion were the last two dimensions.The difference was statistically significant between the answers of nursing students with different educational backgrounds to the following questions,such as which is the most probable factor affecting your learning enthusiasm,who has the greatest impact on your professional thought about nursing and which nursing field are you most willing to go in for.There was significant difference in professional identity score between different grades of junior college and undergraduate nursing students,while there is no significant grade difference in graduate students.Conclusions There were some differences of professional identity of nursing students with different educational backgrounds.Nursing educators should carry out the professional education according to the student's educational backgrounds.
