Correlative study on the evaluation of clinical learning environment, professional self-concept, and professional competence of baccalaureate nursing students

Abstract

Objective To investigate the correlation of the evaluation of clinical learning environment (CLE),professional self-concept (PSC),and professional competence (PC) of baccalaureate nursing students when they were in clinical practice.Methods Totals of 194 subjects were recruited by convenient sampling method,data were collected through questionnaire survey.And the questionnaires were included population sociology and general information,evaluation of CLE,PSC,and PC.Results The average scores of CLE evaluation scale,PSC of nurses instrument,and PC scale of baccalaureate nursing students respectively were (3.41 ± 0.60),(2.83 ± 0.34),and (2.90 ± 0.44).Pearson bivariate correlative analysis showed that there were positive correlations between any two of the three scores,the coefficients of correlation r were 0.48 (CLE vs PC,P＜0.01),0.62(CLE vs PSC,P＜0.01),and 0.64 (PC vs PSC,P＜0.01).Conclusions The improvement of CLE is helpful to the development of professional self-concept and professional competence of baccalaureate nursing students. Key words: Education, nursing, baccalaureate; Students, nursing; Professional competence; Self-concept; Clinical learning environment