Impact of the nurse-related information through social media use on undergraduate nursing students’ professional identity in nursing: A mixed-methods study |
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| Institution: | 1. University Centre for Nursing and Midwifery, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium;2. Staff member of Nursing Department Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium;3. Expertise Unit Health Innovation, University Colleges Leuven Limburg, Leuven, Belgium;1. School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Thomas Street, Ultimo 2007, Sydney, Australia;2. School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Thomas Street, Ultimo 2007, Sydney, Australia;3. Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Western Avenue, Camperdown 2050, Sydney, Australia;4. Faculty of Information Technologies, Monash University, 25 Exhibition Walk, Clayton, Melbourne 3800, Victoria, Australia;1. School of Nursing, College of Nursing, Taipei Medical University; Department of Nursing, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taiwan;2. School of Nursing, College of Nursing, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan;3. Department of Health Promotion and Health Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan;4. School of Nursing, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan;5. Post-Baccalaureate Program in Nursing, College of Nursing, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan;6. School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University, New South Wales, Australia;1. College of Nursing, Seoul National University, 103 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03080, Republic of Korea;2. Research Institute of Nursing Science, College of Nursing, Seoul National University, 103 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03080, Republic of Korea |
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| Abstract: | AimTo understand the impact of nurse-related information, through social media usage on undergraduate nursing students’ professional identity.BackgroundPrevious research has addressed professional knowledge and practice that affect the development of undergraduate nursing students’ professional identities. As an increasingly crucial factor in the internet age, social media needs to be explored in-depth for its influence on the professional identity in nursing.DesignSequential explanatory mixed method was used in this study.MethodsIn this quantitative study, participants (N = 698) completed an e-questionnaire survey between June and July of 2020. The relationship between main variables was analyzed by linear regression using SPSS 20.0. Then, face-to-face semi-structured and audio-recorded interviews were carried out among participants (N = 16) between January and March of 2021.ResultsThe quantitative findings indicated that the mean score of professional identity was 93.07 ± 11.96 in participants. The results of the linear regression showed that the year in school, whether nursing was the first choice, online time per day, frequency of reading official accounts related nursing on WeChat and appraisal of the online nurse-related information and so on explained 49.0 % of the variance in professional identity. Four major themes emerged from the qualitative study: 1) increased concern; 2) few and non-professional information; 3) encouraged by positive information; 4) limited impact of negative information.ConclusionsNurse-related information on social media has the potential to have an impact on undergraduate nursing students’ professional identity. Nursing educators should guide undergraduate nursing students to use social media appropriately and assist them in developing their professional identity with it. |
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| Keywords: | Undergraduate nursing student Professional identity Information Social media |
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