Nursing Students’ Perceptions on Professional Identity for Nursing Health Education Course

Abstract

Following the change in human lifestyle and behaviour, the disease spectrum has changed. Systematic health education activities have gained more attention and recognition. In China, for the last decade, colleges and universities have paid more attention to the importance of health education courses in nursing science. As a humanities nursing course, students professional nursing value is an important aspect in course design and teaching practice. However, we do not know this course has an impact on students' professional identity, and what aspects of professional identity it will affect. This study analyses nursing students’ professional identity after the Nursing Health Education course and discusses the need to implement the course in nursing. From December 2021 to February 2022, we collected data by the Chinese Version of the Nurses’ Career Identity Scale (NCIS). 582 nursing students who participated the course, were surveyed from a vocational college and interviewed 24 students one by one individuals. For data analysis, we employed the SPSS 26.0 software package and content analysis. According to the research data analyze and result, it present the professional education is an important stage for the formation of nursing students’ professional identity. The Nursing Health Education course helps nursing students build a positive professional identity. The faculty of nursing should serve as a role model and assist students in clarifying their personal and professional values.