Qiu Lingjing, Miao Qunfang, Zhao Yueyan, Zhu Li, Wang Yanling
School of Nursing, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China.
Department of Clinical Psychology, Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 311121, China.
BMC Nurs. 2023 Dec 18;22(1):480. doi: 10.1186/s12912-023-01667-1.
With the alterations of the Chinese epidemic prevention policy, China experienced a nationwide wave of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic from December 2022 to January 2023.The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic extends beyond individual perceptions of the meaning of life and attitudes toward life and death; it also affects the professional identity of nursing students.This study explored nursing students' professional identity and life meaning of affected by the pandemic.
An online survey was conducted using the Chinese version of the Nursing Student Career Identity Scale and the Chinese version of the Meaning in Life Questionnaire to assess the current status of nursing students' professional identity and sense of life meaning. Data were also collected on participant gender, education, clinical practice experience, and COVID-19 infection.
The scores for nursing students' sense of professional identity (61.58 ± 16.16) and sense of life meaning (45.29 ± 12.65) were both at an intermediate level. Compared to the scores before the COVID-19 pandemic, Chinese nursing students' professional identity scores increased, while their sense of life meaning scores decreased. Moreover, we found a positive correlation between professional identity and sense of life meaning (p < 0.001); nursing students exhibited a stronger professional identity when they had a relatively higher sense of life meaning than those with a relatively lower sense of life meaning.
Enhancing nursing students' sense of meaning in life is crucial for maintaining their professional identity. Attention should be given to life education for nursing students and the development of relevant educational curricula.
随着中国疫情防控政策的调整,2022年12月至2023年1月期间,中国经历了全国范围的2019冠状病毒病(COVID-19)大流行。COVID-19大流行的影响不仅限于个人对生命意义的认知和对生死的态度;它还影响护理专业学生的职业认同感。本研究探讨了受大流行影响的护理专业学生的职业认同感和生命意义。
使用中文版的《护理专业学生职业认同量表》和中文版的《生命意义问卷》进行在线调查,以评估护理专业学生职业认同和生命意义感的现状。还收集了参与者的性别、教育程度、临床实践经验和COVID-19感染情况的数据。
护理专业学生的职业认同感得分(61.58±16.16)和生命意义感得分(45.29±12.65)均处于中等水平。与COVID-19大流行前的得分相比,中国护理专业学生的职业认同得分有所提高,而他们的生命意义感得分有所下降。此外,我们发现职业认同与生命意义感之间存在正相关(p<0.001);生命意义感相对较高的护理专业学生比生命意义感相对较低的学生表现出更强的职业认同感。
增强护理专业学生的生命意义感对于维持他们的职业认同感至关重要。应关注护理专业学生的生命教育以及相关教育课程的开发。