Correlation among academic self-efficacy, professional identity, and professional attitude of higher vocational nursing students†

Objective To analyze the influence of professional identity and academic efficacy on the professional attitude of higher vocational nursing students. Methods A total of 656 higher vocational nursing students were investigated with general information questionnaire, academic self-efficacy scale, professional identity scale, and professional attitude scale of nursing students. Results The score of professional attitude of higher vocational nursing students was (106.34 ± 9.86), which is found to be in the upper middle level. The professional attitude of higher vocational nursing students is positively correlated with academic self-efficacy (P < 0.05), and with learning ability self-efficacy (P < 0.01). Professional cognition, professional will, and professional values have a positive predictive effect on the professional attitude of higher vocational nursing students (P < 0.05). Conclusions Academic self-efficacy and professional identity are important predictors of professional attitude. Learning behavior self-efficacy, professional cognition, professional will, and professional values have a significant impact on the establishment of positive professional attitude.

Factors Associated with Psychological Health Issues in Diploma Nursing Students: A Cross-sectional Study

Psychological health is the expression of harmonic expression of harmonic expression of human’s personality and is often disrupted by multiple factors. The aim of this study to assess psychological health status and its associated factors among diploma nursing students. A cross-sectional study design was employed. The sample comprised 542 nursing students attending this anonymous survey by completed The Symptom Checklist 90 questionnaire. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression analysis were attempted to analyze overall data. The positive rate of psychological symptoms of diploma nursing students is 20.9%; the total score of SCL-90 and the scores of each factor are higher than the national norm; grade, personality, number of friends, parenting style, love experience, whether it is an only child, and physical exercise are influential. The main factors of the mental health status of secondary vocational nursing students. The contribution of Emotional Intelligence and Spirituality is crucial to the acquisition of well-being, happiness and meaning in life.

Correlates of Change in Attitudes toward Mental Illness among Vocational Nursing Students

Those 16 students who had completed the two psychology courses (a) tended to complete the practicum and (b) reported being more influenced by experiential rather than cognitive components of the practicum. In view of the previously reported findings of favorable attitude change following a psychiatric practicum for the students who had completed the two psychology courses, over-all results presented in both reports (a) confirm previous studies which suggest the effectiveness of a psychiatric practicum in changing nursing students' attitudes toward mental illness and (b) empirically support Rabkin's 1977 statement that academic instruction seems maximally effective in combination with factors such as personal experience with mental patients, etc. (as reported by the student nurses) in changing attitudes toward mental illness.