Relationship between clinical belonging, professional identity, and nursing information ability among nursing interns: Model construction

Table 1 Scores for clinical sense of belonging, professional identity, and nursing information ability among nursing interns (n = 682)

Dimension	Number of entries	Dimension score	Entry average score
Total clinical belonging score	34	104.20 ± 13.11	3.06 ± 0.38
Self-esteem	15	47.04 ± 7.44	3.13 ± 0.49
Communication	11	31.73± 4.65	2.88 ± 0.42
Efficacy	8	25.52 ± 4.58	3.19 ± 0.57
Total score for professional identity	17	57.89 ± 7.16	3.40 ± 0.42
Occupational self-concept	6	20.71 ± 3.54	3.452 ± 0.59
Social persuasion	2	8.33 ± 1.20	4.16 ± 0.59
Autonomy in career choice	2	6.23 ± 1.87	3.11 ± 0.93
Benefits of retention and turnover risk	4	13.43 ± 2.75	3.36 ± 0.68
Social comparison and self-reflection	3	9.18 ± 2.30	3.06 ± 0.77
Total score for nursing information ability	28	70.29 ± 6.20	2.93 ± 0.26
Basic computer knowledge and skills	11	35.40 ± 4.34	3.21 ± 0.39
Clinical information roles	5	11.13 ± 2.50	2.23 ± 0.50
Applied computer skills	4	11.90 ± 2.51	2.97 ± 0.62
Wireless device skills	4	11.86 ± 2.52	2.96 ± 0.63
Nursing information attitudes	4	12.07 ± 2.65	3.02 ± 0.66

Table 2 Comparison of scores for clinical belonging, professional identity, and nursing information ability of nursing interns with different demographic characteristics

Item	Sex		Age (yr)		Education			Class leader experience
	Male	Female	< 20	20-30	Junior college	Undergraduate	Graduate and above	Yes	No
Total clinical belonging score	103.02 ± 10.21	105.04 ± 11.39	103.17 ± 11.42	104.06 ± 12.10	101.16 ± 12.25	103.62 ± 12.06	105.38 ± 11.30	103.20 ± 12.04a	89.79 ± 9.60a
Total score for professional identity	55.02 ± 7.08	60.02 ± 4.72	57.90 ± 5.18	59.13 ± 4.86	58.70 ± 2.16	57.68 ± 3.15	58.89 ± 4.25	59.30 ± 5.14	57.22 ± 4.08
Nursing information ability	80.25 ± 9.32a	74.30 ± 8.14a	76.28 ± 5.26	77.05 ± 4.12	71.36 ± 6.15a	75.07 ± 5.16a	80.12 ± 4.17a	77.95 ± 5.33	78.02 ± 4.38

^aP < 0.01.

Table 3 Correlation between clinical sense of belonging, professional identity, and nursing information ability among nursing interns

	Total clinical belonging score	Total professional identity score	Total score for nursing information competence
Total clinical belonging score	1.000	-	-
Total professional identity score	0.585a	1.000	-
Nursing information ability score	0.457a	0.382a	1.000

^aP < 0.01.

Table 4 Effects of professional identity and nursing information ability on clinical belonging in nursing interns

Independent variable	Dependent variable	Direct effects	Indirect effects	Total effect
Professional identity	Clinical sense of belonging	0.52	0.21	0.73
Nursing information capability	Clinical sense of belonging	0.46	-	0.46