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Volume 6, Issue 3 (Suppl) J Nurs Care
ISSN: 2167-1168 JNC, an open access journal Nursing Edu 2017
May 22- 24, 2017
May 22- 24, 2017 Osaka, Japan
20th World Nursing
Education Conference
A longitudinal comparative study on nurse self-concept, caring behavior and professional commitment
among nursing students in China
Bobby Thapa1 and Li Lezhi2
1Janamaitri Foundation Institute of Health Science, Nepal
2The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, China
Self-concept provides the foundation for ones’ professional self-concept. Gap between educational influences and healthcare
system expectations influences graduate nurses’ professional self-concept and their ability to be socialized into the healthcare
environment ultimately leading to poor retention and a negative professional self-concept. A comparative longitudinal study design
was conducted to explore the effect of clinical experience on the nurse self concept, caring behavior and professional commitment
among the final year nursing students of diploma (n=63) and bachelor level (n=52). The mean score of nurse self concept, caring
behavior measurement and professional commitment is higher after the clinical internship of six months compared to pre internship
among all the nursing students. There is a positive correlation between the nurse self concept, caring behavior and professional
commitment. There is a significant difference in the professional commitment between the diploma and Bachelor’s level of nursing
students both pre (t=5.293, p<0.01) and post (t=3.620, p<0.01) clinical internship. However there is not any significant difference in
any of the variables within the group regardless of clinical internship. Being a single child, class leader, enrolled in career planning
class, perceiving nursing as a challenging job, reasons to be a nurse, course arrangement satisfaction, teacher’s care, internship
satisfaction and nurse teacher’s care has identified to influence the nurse self concept, caring behavior and professional commitment
among the nursing students. Thus, specific steps to deliberately embellish the foundation of knowledge in developing the self-concept
of nurse and nursing students is must nowadays.
Biography
Bobby Thapa completed her MSc in Nursing in 2014 from Xiangya School of Nursing, Central South University, Hunan, PR China and is recently working as an
Assistant Professor at Janamaitri Foundation Institute of Health Science, Hattiban, Lalitpur, Nepal since 1 year. She completed her BSc in Nursing in 2008 and has
published two articles in one international and one national journal related to Pain Management (in Chinese) and HIV/AIDS in the National journal i.e. Nepal Nursing
Journal. She worked as a Clinical Instructor for two and half years as soon as she completed her Bachelor’s degree and then worked as a Registered Nurse in
Gangalal National Heart Center, Nepal for 6 months and enrolled in Master’s degree (Nursing) with a Governmental scholarship from China.
Bobby Thapa, J Nurs Care 2017, 6:3 (Suppl)