Author(s)

Huan Yang ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Wuhan College of Foreign Languages and Foreign Affairs, Wuhan, 430083, China

Corresponding Author

Huan Yang

ABSTRACT

Objective: To explore the professional identity of nursing students in the post-COVID 19 epidemic. Methods: A total of 281 nursing students were selected for the study, 83.62% of nursing students said they liked the nursing profession more, 95.01% of nursing students were willing to fight on the front line of the anti-epidemic. Among them, male nursing students, those who were involved in student management, organized campus activities scored high in professional identity score, with a statistically significant difference (p < 0.05). The nursing students' scores for career self-concept, benefits of staying and risks of leaving, and autonomous career identity of career choice were 21.70±4.27, 13.11±3.20, 10.97±2.07, 6.49±1.28, and 8.10±1.68 respectively. The image of nursing in the COVID-19 epidemic helps to cultivate nursing students' responsibility, improve their sense of professional identity.

KEYWORDS

COVID 19, nursing students, professional identity

CITE THIS PAPER

Huan Yang, Professional Identity of Nursing Students in the Post-COVID 19 Epidemic in Wuhan: a Cross-Sectional Study. Applied & Educational Psychology (2022) Vol. 3: 49-53. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/appep.2022.030207.

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