Prelicensure Nursing Students’ Covid-19 Attitude Impact on Nursing Career Decision during Pandemic Threat in Taiwan
A Cross-Sectional Study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15512749 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Shu-Chun Lin (0000-0001-9928-5808, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology), Lee‐Fen Ni (0000-0003-4116-3060, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology), Yu‐Ming Wang (0000-0001-7130-1829, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital), Shu Hsin Lee (Chung Shan Medical University Hospital), Hung‐Chang Liao (0000-0002-4538-9334, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital), Cheng‐Yi Huang (0000-0002-8251-5029, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, corresponding author), Ying-Chen Tseng (0000-0003-0309-5546, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 3272-3272 |
| Publication date | 2021-03-22 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph18063272 |
| PMID | 33809956 |
| OpenAlex | W3137096445 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 8 |
The COVID-19 pandemic may cause a nursing shortage. Prelicensure nursing students who are exposed to high-stress COVID-19 events are related to defective career decision-making. This study validated the COVID-19 attitude scale and clarified how their attitudes about COVID-19 affected their behavioral intentions toward career decision-making. We conducted a cross-sectional study and recruited a convenience sample of 362 prelicensure nursing students from Northern and Central Taiwan. Two measurements were applied, including the Nursing Students Career Decision-making instrument and COVID-19 attitude scale. We used AMOS (version 22.0) to perform a confirmatory factor analysis. The Cronbach α of the COVID-19 attitude scale was 0.74 and consisted of four factors. The most positive attitude was the nursing belief factor, and the least positive factor was emotional burden. Prelicensure nursing students' COVID-19 attitudes were significantly positively associated with their career decision-making attitudes and perceived control (ß = 0.41 and ß = 0.40, respectively; p < 0.001). All the key latent variables explained significantly 23% of the variance in the career decision-making behavioral intentions module. In conclusion, the COVID-19 attitude scale is valid. Although the prelicensure nursing students' COVID-19 attitudes had no direct effect on career decision-making intentions, they had a direct effect on career decision-making attitudes and the perceived control
Confirmatory factor analysis · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Cronbach's alpha · Cross-sectional study · Pandemic · Psychometrics · Scale (ratio · Structural equation modeling · Clinical Psychology · COVID-19 and Mental Health · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts · Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0.33 |
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| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |