The level and influencing factors of graduating nursing students' professional commitment from the perspective of Ecological Systems Theory: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Increased professional commitment is essential for relieving the nursing workforce shortage, which is exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The professional commitment of graduating nursing students is a powerful predictor of their work commitment. However, limited information is available regarding graduating nursing students' professional commitment. Existing studies investigating nursing students' professional commitment are limited by their lack of theoretical foundation.

Objectives

To investigate the level of graduating nursing students' professional commitment and its multilevel influencing factors from the perspective of the Ecological Systems Theory in the early days following the COVID-19 outbreak.

Design

A descriptive cross-sectional study.

Set

SUBMITTER: Hua W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9482089 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature