Professional Identity During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Nurses in China.
Am J Crit Care
; 30(3): 203-211, 2021 05 01.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1154606
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Emergency and intensive care unit nurses are the main workforce fighting against COVID-19. Their professional identity may affect whether they can actively participate and be competent in care tasks during the pandemic.OBJECTIVE:
To examine the level of and changes in professional identity of Chinese emergency and intensive care unit nurses as the COVID-19 pandemic builds.METHODS:
A cross-sectional survey composed of the Professional Identity Scale for Nurses plus 2 open-ended questions was administered to Chinese emergency and intensive care unit nurses through an online questionnaire.RESULTS:
Emergency and intensive care unit nurses had a medium level of professional identity. Participants' total and item mean scores in 5 professional identity dimensions were higher than the professional identity norm established by Liu (P < .001). The greatest mean item score difference was in the dimension of professional identity evaluation (3.57 vs 2.88, P < .001). When asked about their feelings witnessing the COVID-19 situation and their feelings about participating in frontline work, 68.9% and 83.9%, respectively, reported positive changes in their professional identity.CONCLUSIONS:
The professional identity of emergency and intensive care unit nurses greatly improved during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. This finding may be attributed to more public attention and recognition of nurses' value, nurses' professional fulfillment, and nurses' feelings of being supported, motivated, respected, and valued.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Social Identification
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Emergency Nursing
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Critical Care Nursing
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Am J Crit Care
Journal subject:
Nursing
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Critical Care
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Ajcc2021245
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