Analysis of influencing factors of professional adaptability for college nursing students / 中华医学教育探索杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To understand the influencing factors of professional adaptability for college nursing students and the mechanism. Methods A group of 1 105 college students from grades 2010 and 2011 were surveyed with questionnaire for professional adaptability. The data were analyzed with SPSS 16.0. Measurement data were expressed as x±s while enumeration data were expressed as percentage. t test and variance analysis were used to compare the differces among groups of different grades and genders. Results The professional adaptability mean score of college nursing students was (102.66 ± 14.93) and significant differences in professional adaptability were observed between different grades and genders (P=0.004 3, P=0.001 5). The possible influencing factors professional adaptability were different sources of students, family location, family income, etc. There were statis-tic differences in professional promise between arts and science students and between rural an urban students (P=0.029 8, P=0.007 0). Conclusion Grade and genders are the main influencing factors for professional adaptability of college nursing students while other factors exert little effect on it.