Abstract:

Objective To explore the influence of career decision making self-efficacy and professional identification on their career decision-making difficulty. Methods There were 239 nursing undergraduates from two universities in Chongqing who were selected in November 2019. The Career Decision-making Difficulties Questionnaire of Universities,Career Decision Making Self-Efficacy and the Professional Identification Questionnare were used to investigate the nursing undergraduates’ career decision difficulty,career decision making self-efficacy and professional identification. Results The average score of career decision-making difficulty was（3.08±0.57）,career decision making self-efficacy was（3.19±0.58）and professional identification was（3.43±0.57）. Career decision-making difficulty was negatively correlated with career decision making self-efficacy（r=-0.224,P<0.001） and professional identification（r=-0.331,P<0.001）. The two independent variables could explain 10.8% of career decision-making difficulty. Conclusion The career decision-making difficulty of nursing undergraduates is in the middle level,which is negatively correlated with career selection efficacy and professional identity. Nursing educators can improve students’ professional recognition and career self-confidence by building a perfect curriculum system of nursing vocational education,so as to reduce the career decision-making difficulties of nursing undergraduates.

Key words: Education,Nursing,Bacculaureate, Career Choice, Professional identification, Career decision-making difficulty