A study on the correlation among clinical ability, professional commitment, and academic self-efficacy of nursing undergraduate interns / 中华医学教育探索杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To understand the current situation of clinical ability, professional commitment, and academic self-efficacy of undergraduate nursing interns, explore the correlation among them, and provide theoretical basis for improving the clinical competence of undergraduate nursing students.Methods:The method of convenient sampling was adopted to select 325 nursing undergraduates who had internships in a three-A hospital from July 2018 to July 2020 as the research objects. General data questionnaire, nursing mini-clinical exercise assessment scale, college student professional commitment survey scale and academic self-efficacy scale were used to investigate and evaluate the students at the end of their practice. SPSS 19.0 was used to conduct Pearson correlation analysis and multiple stepwise regression analysis.Results:The total scores of clinical ability, professional commitment and self-efficacy were (51.46±7.64) points, (88.11±5.02) points and (74.20±7.95) points respectively. The results of correlation analysis showed that the clinical ability of nursing undergraduates was significantly positively correlated with professional commitment and academic self-efficacy ( P<0.05). The multiple stepwise regression analysis further showed that the latter two factors had a positive predictive effect on clinical ability, and professional commitment was the strongest factor. Conclusion:Clinical practice teaching should pay attention to the cultivation of the professional commitment and academic self-efficacy of nursing undergraduates and thus promote the development of their clinical ability.