Abstract:

Objective To analyze the changing trend of professional identity level of nursing undergraduates in China from 2006 to 2020. Methods Databases including CNKI，Wanfang，VIP，PubMed and Web of Science from their inception to May 2022 were comprehensively searched to collect Investigation on professional identity of nursing students in China. The data of publication year，survey year，sample size，scores of professional identity and each dimension were extracted. The cross-temporal Meta-analysis method was used to analyze the characteristics of professional identity and its dimension over time of nursing undergraduates in China. Results Year has a significant predictive effect on nursing undergraduates’ professional knowledge and professional expectation（P<0.05）. Year has no significant predictive effect on professional identity，professional emotion，professional will，professional values and professional skills. Compared with 2006，in 2020，the professional knowledge of nursing undergraduates increased by 0.831 standard deviation，with the large effect. Professional expectation dropped by 0.535 standard deviation，and the drop was in the middle effect. Conclusion From 2006 to 2020，the professional knowledge of undergraduate nursing students in China tends to be good，but it is still necessary to pay attention to the professional identity of nursing students and improve their professional expectations in the future.

Key words: Students，Nursing, Professional identity, Cross-temporal meta-analysis