Badiyepeymaiejahromi Zohreh, Yektatalab Shahrzad, Momennasab Marzieh, Mehrabi Manoosh
Nursing PhD Candidate, Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Associate Professor, Community Based Psychiatric Care Research Center, Department of Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. Corrispondence: Email:
Prof Inferm. 2020 Jan-Mar;73(1):116-125.
Professional self-concept is a contextualized multidimensional concept that describes the subjective experiences and feelings of nurses with regard to nursing roles. Professional self-concept starts to develop during the academic years. Yet, there is still limited understanding about the factors affecting nursing students' professional self-concept, which is a potential problem. Poor professional self-concept negatively affects nurses' clinical practice, job satisfaction, and retention in the profession.
This study aimed to explore factors affecting Iranian nursing students' professional self- concept from the perspectives of nursing students, nursing instructors, and hospital nurses.
This exploratory qualitative study was carried out from June 2018 to April 2019. Participants were four hospital nurses, three clinical nursing instructors, and four nursing stu- dents who were purposively selected from the Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. Data were gathered via in-depth semi-structured interviews and were analyzed via con- ventional content analysis proposed by Graneheim and Lundman.
In total, 610 primary codes were generated and grouped into eleven subthemes and five main themes. The main themes of the study were professional instructors, competent nur- ses, informed choice of nursing profession, difficulties of nursing profession, and congruence between students' personal-professional values and nursing profession.
Professional self-concept is affected by different personal, educational, envi- ronmental, and social factors. Nursing instructors, hospital managers, and nurse managers can use the findings of this study to support nursing students, promote their professional self-con- cept, and ensure their retention in the profession.
职业自我概念是一个情境化的多维度概念，描述了护士对护理角色的主观体验和感受。职业自我概念在学术生涯中开始形成。然而，对于影响护理专业学生职业自我概念的因素，目前的了解仍然有限，这是一个潜在的问题。不良的职业自我概念会对护士的临床实践、工作满意度和职业留存率产生负面影响。
本研究旨在从护理专业学生、护理教师和医院护士的角度，探讨影响伊朗护理专业学生职业自我概念的因素。
本探索性定性研究于2018年6月至2019年4月进行。参与者包括四名医院护士、三名临床护理教师和四名护理专业学生，他们是从伊朗设拉子医科大学有目的地挑选出来的。数据通过深入的半结构化访谈收集，并采用格兰海姆和伦德曼提出的传统内容分析法进行分析。
总共生成了610个原始编码，并归纳为11个子主题和5个主要主题。该研究的主要主题包括专业教师、称职的护士、对护理专业的明智选择、护理专业的困难以及学生个人-职业价值观与护理专业的一致性。
职业自我概念受到不同的个人、教育、环境和社会因素的影响。护理教师、医院管理人员和护士长可以利用本研究的结果来支持护理专业学生，提升他们的职业自我概念，并确保他们留在该职业领域。
