کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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368552 | 621585 | 2012 | 5 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
![عکس صفحه اول مقاله: The nurses' self-concept instrument (NSCI): A comparison of domestic and international student nurses' professional self-concepts from a large Australian University The nurses' self-concept instrument (NSCI): A comparison of domestic and international student nurses' professional self-concepts from a large Australian University](/preview/png/368552.png)
SummaryProfessional self-concept is a critical driver of job satisfaction. In Australia, as international nursing enrolments rise, nursing is increasingly characterised by a professional body of international nurses who may differ from domestic Australian nurses in their nursing self-concept. At present, little is known about the extent to which domestic and international students nurses' self-concepts may differ. The present study aimed to elucidate and contrast domestic and international nursing students' self-concepts from one large Australian university. A total of 253 domestic (n = 218) and international (n = 35) undergraduate nursing students from a large public university in Sydney, Australia completed the Nurses' Self-Concept Instrument (NSCI). Multiple-Indicator-Multiple-Indicator-Cause (MIMIC) modelling was used to assess the effects of student group (domestic and international) on the latent self-concept factors of the NSCI. Domestic and international students' professional self-concepts were similarly high. MIMIC modelling demonstrated that domestic students had a higher patient care self-concept in comparison to international students. Results imply that it may be useful for Australian universities to foster strategies that enhance specific domains of self-concepts (e.g., care) which may be underdeveloped for at least some cultural groups within the international nursing student population compared with domestic nursing students.
Journal: Nurse Education Today - Volume 32, Issue 6, August 2012, Pages 636–640