Affiliation:
1. School of Nursing Chengdu Medical College Chengdu China
2. School of Nursing College of Health Sciences University of Delaware Newark New Jersey USA
3. Department of Radiology West China Hospital, Sichuan University Chengdu China
Abstract
AbstractAimWe aimed to investigate the level of undergraduate nursing students' professional identity (PI) during the COVID‐19 pandemic and its potential influences.MethodsThis cross‐sectional study included 742 undergraduate nursing students from Chengdu Medical College. Basic demographics, personal characteristics and PI score were collected. Chi‐squared test, one‐way analysis of variance, and multivariable logistic regression analysis were used to analyze the data.ResultsIn the classes of 2019, 2020, and 2021, the PI score was 96.85 ± 18.26, 105.37 ± 17.46, 106.67 ± 22.08 (P < .001). PI score was the independent predictive factor for both “want to be a nurse” and “willingness to serve during COVID‐19 or other pandemics”.ConclusionsPI contributes greatly to nursing students' willingness to be a nurse and overcome pandemics. The challenge of culturing PI during COVID‐19 pandemic revealed the necessity of developing individual management strategies for nursing education.
Funder
Chengdu Medical College
Science and Technology Department of Sichuan Province