The relationship between psychological capital, stress, micro-learning environment, and professional identity in nursing interns: a structural equation modeling study.
Boxiong Gong, Xin Chen, Na Wang, Yan Zhan, Huiqin Zhong, Rong Zhang, Yi Luo, Zhentong Zhang, Longti Li
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Abstract
Background: Nursing interns play a crucial role in shaping the future nursing workforce, as their professional identity is closely linked to workplace retention rates and patient outcomes. Thus, investigating the factors that influence nursing interns' professional identity is important.
Objective: To evaluate the relationship between psychological capital, stress, micro-learning environment, and professional identity among nursing interns.
Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. The sample consisted of 388 nursing interns from 8 comprehensive teaching hospitals across five cities in Hubei Province between March and April 2024. Data were collected using a Descriptive Information Questionnaire, the Psychological Capital Questionnaire, the Student Nurse Stress Index scale, the Healthcare Education Micro Learning Environment Measure, and the Professional Identity Scale. The structural equation model was applied to explore the influencing factors of nursing interns' professional identity.
Results: The mean total score for professional identity was 35.57 ± 7.47. Psychological capital positively influenced professional identity directly (β = 0.16, P < 0.01), while stress as measured using the student nurse stress index had a negative impact (β = -0.20, P < 0.01). High scores on the healthcare education micro-learning environment measure positively contributed to the development of professional identity (β = 0.69, P < 0.001). Furthermore, psychological capital was identified as a mediator in the association between the healthcare education micro learning environment and professional identity, as well as between the student nurse stress index scores and professional identity.
Conclusion: The study suggests that a higher level of psychological capital, low stress levels, and a satisfied micro-learning environment are essential in fostering professional identity among nursing interns. It recommends collaboration between nursing schools and clinical departments to enhance nursing interns' psychological capital and stress management skills, creating a positive and safe working environment, thereby fostering professional identity among nursing interns.
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Frontiers in Psychology is the largest journal in its field, publishing rigorously peer-reviewed research across the psychological sciences, from clinical research to cognitive science, from perception to consciousness, from imaging studies to human factors, and from animal cognition to social psychology. Field Chief Editor Axel Cleeremans at the Free University of Brussels is supported by an outstanding Editorial Board of international researchers. This multidisciplinary open-access journal is at the forefront of disseminating and communicating scientific knowledge and impactful discoveries to researchers, academics, clinicians and the public worldwide. The journal publishes the best research across the entire field of psychology. Today, psychological science is becoming increasingly important at all levels of society, from the treatment of clinical disorders to our basic understanding of how the mind works. It is highly interdisciplinary, borrowing questions from philosophy, methods from neuroscience and insights from clinical practice - all in the goal of furthering our grasp of human nature and society, as well as our ability to develop new intervention methods.
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