Relationship between nurses’ demographic characteristics with professional self-concept and clinical performance_
| Variables | N (%)/mean (SD) | Professional self-concept | Clinical performance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (year) | 33.74 (7.01) | ||
| R | 0.03 | 0.02 | |
| P-value* | 0.52 | 0.69 | |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 239 (77.59) | 178.93 (31.38) | 74.30 (23.60) |
| Male | 67 (21.75) | 174.28 (33.61) | 67.39 (24.70) |
| Missing | 2 (0.64) | ||
| P-value$ | 0.29 | 0.03 | |
| Marital status | |||
| Married | 229 (74.35) | 177.51 (32.10) | 73.56 (22.80) |
| Single | 77 (25) | 177.75 (32.87) | 69.63 (28.16) |
| Missing | 2 (0.64) | ||
| P-value$ | 0.95 | 0.20 | |
| Academic educational level | |||
| Associate degree | 12 (3.89) | 170.16 (74.33) | 67.43 (22.57) |
| Bachelor degree | 277 (89.93) | 177.56 (32.66) | 72.48 (24.54) |
| Master degree | 17 (5.51) | 182.37 (21.92) | 75.74 (22.06) |
| Missing | 2 (0.64) | ||
| P-value# | 0.66 | 0.61 | |
| Employment status | |||
| Permanent | 218 (70.77) | 190.45 (30.90) | 75.65 (27.46) |
| Contractual | 45 (14.61) | 167.15 (34.72) | 72.09 (23.09) |
| Temporary | 40 (12.98) | 179.22 (30.21) | 72.65 (23.73) |
| Missing | 5 (1.63) | ||
| P-value# | 0.005 | 0.84 | |
| Overall work experience, year | 10.05 (6.46) | ||
| R | 0.05 | 0.003 | |
| P-value* | 0.38 | 0.95 | |
| Work experience in the critical care unit | 6.71 (5.55) | ||
| R | 0.03 | 0.023 | |
| P-value* | 0.38 | 0.95 |
The mean and SD of critical care nurses’ clinical performance, professional self-concept, and their subscales_
| Variable | Mean ± SD |
|---|---|
| Clinical performance | |
| Overall clinical performance | 72.54 ± 24.29 |
| Clinical judgment | 80.74 ± 21.64 |
| Advocacy and moral agency | 74.96 ± 28.55 |
| Caring practices | 75.47 ± 28.48 |
| Collaboration | 67.80 ± 33.39 |
| Systems thinking | 70.97 ± 30.52 |
| Response to diversity | 70.46 ± 34.35 |
| Clinical inquiry | 65.08 ± 34.16 |
| Facilitation of learning | 74.16 ± 31.79 |
| Professional self-concept | |
| Overall professional self-concept | 177.62 ± 32.20 |
| General self-concept (self-confidence) | 36.60 ± 5.69 |
| Caring | 30.54 ± 5.66 |
| Knowledge | 29.93 ± 5.61 |
| Staff relations | 27.79 ± 6.48 |
| Communication | 30.15 ± 5.30 |
| Leadership | 28.99 ± 7.05 |
Correlation between professional self-concept and clinical performance scores*_
| Clinical performance Variables | Professional self-concept subscales | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self-confidence | Caring | Knowledge | Staff relations | Communication | Leadership | Overall professional self-concept | |
| Clinical judgment | 0.286 | 0.240 | 0.295 | 0.214 | 0.277 | 0.259 | 0.296 |
| Advocacy and moral agency | 0.332 | 0.339 | 0.378 | 0.303 | 0.344 | 0.314 | 0.377 |
| Caring practices | 0.315 | 0.282 | 0.348 | 0.286 | 0.313 | 0.282 | 0.341 |
| Collaboration | 0.313 | 0.262 | 0.315 | 0.274 | 0.299 | 0.241 | 0.317 |
| Systems thinking | 0.292 | 0.286 | 0.293 | 0.270 | 0.325 | 0.247 | 0.316 |
| Response to diversity | 0.305 | 0.292 | 0.332 | 0.278 | 0.314 | 0.268 | 0.333 |
| Clinical inquiry | 0.336 | 0.287 | 0.324 | 0.316 | 0.336 | 0.276 | 0.347 |
| Facilitation of learning | 0.218 | 0.179 | 0.209 | 0.169 | 0.234 | 0.137 | 0.212 |
| Overall clinical performance | 0.363 | 0.314 | 0.361 | 0.322 | 0.367 | 0.306 | 0.380 |