Impact of baccalaureate nursing students' psychological capital on core competency

VernacularTitle:本科护生心理资本对核心能力水平的影响
Author: Ruixue LIAO ; Yanhui LIU
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Nursing students; Psychological capital; Core competency
From: Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2014;30(24):59-61
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To determine the impact of baccalaureate nursing students' psychological capital on core competency.Methods A total of 280 baccalaureate nursing students from a certain third-level and grade-A hospital in Tianjin were tested by the Chinese version CINS Scale and Chinese version of PsyCap Scale.The relationship between psychological capital and core competency was analyzed.Results The mean score of psychological capital was (4.365±0.773),the mean score of core competency was (5.379±0.744).There were significant positive correlations between psychological capital and core competency.Regression analysis showed that the self-efficacy,hope and optimism could explain 42.6％ of the variance for baccalaureate nursing students' core competency.Conclusions Nursing educator and administrator should focus on the shortcomings of psychological capital,and take effective measures to enhance nursing students' psychological capital and improve the level of core competency.