Relationship between social support and professional identity of nursing undergraduates / 现代临床护理

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the relationship of professional identity and social support among nursing undergraduates. Method Overall 286 nursing undergraduates participated in the survey by the professional identity scale and social support scale. Results The average score on the social support was (38.12 ± 4.70), and the average score on the professional identity of undergraduate nursing students was (107.29 ± 15.01), which was in the medium level. There was significant positive correlation between nursing undergraduates′social support and professional identity as well as other dimensions (P<0.05, P<0.01). Conclusions Nursing undergraduates′social support is closely related to its professional identity. It is suggested that the nursing undergraduates should be provided a variety of psychological and behavioral support and they should be helped to fully use social resources , so as to improve their professional identity.