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Professional Nursing Value and Career Identity among Nurse Interns

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Ahlam Mahmoud Mohammed Khater, Maha Abdeen Abdeen, Nora Mahdy Attia
» doi: 10.53555/ecb/2023.12.Si12.315

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Background: Professional nursing value and career identity are integral aspects of nurse interns' development and growth within the nursing. Professional nursing values refer to the beliefs and principles that guide the practice of nursing, including altruism, autonomy, human dignity, integrity, and social justice. These values are integral to the development of a nurse intern's career identity .Aim of the study: assess professional nursing value and career identity among nurse interns. Subjects and Methods: Research design: A descriptive research design was adopted to carry out this study. Setting: The present study was conducted at Zagazig University Hospitals. Sample: proportionate Stratified random sample was selected from nurse interns (n= 244). Tool of data collection: Two tools were used for collecting data: Professional Nursing Value Scale and My Vocational Situation Scale MVSS Results: 41.8% of studied nurse interns had a high level of professional nursing value and 57.8%of them had a moderate level of career identity. Conclusion: There is statistical significant correlation between professional nursing value and career identity .Recommendation: Design a continuously training program for nurse interns to improve their professional values perception and health care facilities should encourage nurse-interns to attend continuing education in the form of workshops and conference related to career identity.

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