Modelling analysis of career control sources and critical thinking among nursing undergraduates during the epidemic: a cross-sectional survey study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

One of the goals of nursing education is to facilitate the transition of nursing students to nursing positions on graduation, and career locus of control can assess nursing students' expectations and beliefs about their future careers, while 'critical thinking skill' is listed by the International Organization for Medical Education as one of the most essential core competencies for medical graduates.

Objective

To investigate the distribution of career locus of control among nursing students before and after the COVID-19 epidemic, to explore the association between career locus of control and critical thinking and to analyse the pathways of influence of critical thinking on career locus of control among nursing students.

Design and method

In this study, a to

SUBMITTER: Xiao Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11877268 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature