Factors influencing the professional identity of nursing interns: a cross-sectional study

作者：Lihong Zeng, Qirong Chen, Sisi Fan, Qifeng Yi, Wenhong An, Huan Liu, Wei Hua, Rong Huang, Hui Huang · 发表于：BMC Nursing · 年份：2022 · DOI：10.1186/s12912-022-00983-2 · 被引用次数：80 · 研究领域：Nursing education and management、Interprofessional Education and Collaboration、Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership

BACKGROUND: Improving the professional identity of nursing intern is significant for enhancing the number of new registered nurses and easing the shortage of nursing personnel. The clinical internship is a key period for the formulation of professional identity. However, we know little about the factors influencing the nursing interns' professional identity during clinical internship. Therefore, this study explore the influencing factors of nursing interns' professional identity during clinical internship. This study will provide evidence and suggestions for generating effective strategies contributing to professional identity improvement of nursing interns. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study. The convenience sampling was used to recruit 398 nursing interns from a teaching hospital in Hunan, China. The demographic characteristics information was collected by a self-developed questionnaire. The nursing interns' professional identity and potential influencing factors (e.g., work atmosphere, teacher capacity) were measured by questionnaires with good psychometric properties. The appropriate indicators were used for descriptive statistics, and t test, analysis of variance, Pearson's correlation analysis and multiple linear regression were used to analyse the influencing factors. RESULTS: In this study, the influencing factors of nursing interns' professional identity are education level, first choice of major, residential status, work atmosphere, and teacher capacity. The ...