Tailored professional identity personas of male undergraduate nursing students: a secondary analysis of qualitative data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With the gradual diversification of the gender structure in Chinese nursing undergraduate education, the number of male nursing students has steadily increased. However, research on the professional identity formation of male nursing students is still limited, particularly in terms of systematically identifying and understanding their intrinsic differences. Therefore, this study aims to identify the professional identity personas of male nursing undergraduates through secondary analysis of existing interview data and explore the characteristics of professional identity construction under different personas.

Methods

This study is based on previous qualitative research data from 16 male nursing undergraduates in northern China. Secondary analysis was conducted using

SUBMITTER: Han X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12403377 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature