Correlation between professional identity and level of general self-efficacy in the undergraduate nursing students

Abstract

Objective To investigate the professional identity and general self-efficacy in undergraduate nursing students,and explore the correlation between them.Methods Two hundreds and fifteen undergraduate nursing students from one medical university were surveyed by general situation questionnaire,undergraduate nursing students' professional identity questionnaire and general self-efficacy scale questionnaire.Results Two hundreds and fifteen questionnaires were issued and 203 questionnaires were responsive with an effective response rate of 94.4％.The overall score of professional identity in the undergraduate nursing students was (84.50 ± 8.56),which was in the middle level.The score of professional expectation was highest (3.89 ±0.53),and the score of professional affection was lowest (2.75 ± 0.57).The overall score of general selfefficacy was 25.79 ± 4.86,and the general self-efficacy in the undergraduate nursing students was positively related with professional identity (r =0.199,P ＜ 0.001).Conclusions An in-depth understanding in the relationship of professional identity and general self-efficacy among the undergraduate nursing students could help teacher adopt individual coping styles so as to improve nursing students' professional identity and self-efficacy thereby promote the development of nursing. Key words: Undergraduate nursing students; Professional identity; Self-efficacy; Correlation