Professional Identity Status and the Influential Factors among Student Nurses in Shaanxi Province
10.12026/j.issn.1001-8565.2017.02.20
- VernacularTitle:陕西省实习护生职业认同状况及影响因素分析
- Author:
Sumei ZHANG
;
Wei GU
;
Ying HE
;
Jieru WEN
;
Dongfang HAN
- Keywords:
Student Nurse;
Professional Identity;
Nursing Education;
Nursing Management
- From:
Chinese Medical Ethics
2017;30(2):216-219
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To investigate the status of professional identity among student nurses and explore its influential factors.Methods:A total of 1,302 student nurses from 3 universities of different levels in Shaanxi Province were selected using stratified and cluster random sampling method and investigated by adopting Professional Identity Questionnaire for Nurse Students (PIQNS).Results:Student nurses in Shaanxi Province scored (57.56 ± 12.55) in professional identity,of which the lowest was independence of career choice in the 5 dimensions.It showed that educational status,gender,and the reasons to choose nursing specialty correlated to student nurses' professional identity (P <0.05).Conclusions:The professional identity of student nurses especially for the undergraduate nurses is not high,which should cause the attention of the nursing educators and nursing managers to stabilize nursing team.