Professional values moderates the relationship between perceived stress and clinical performance among Chinese practice nursing students: A structural equation model analysis

21^st World Nursing Education Conference

July 16-18, 2018 Melbourne, Australia

Yansheng Ye

Sichuan University, China

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: J Nurs Care

Abstract :

Background & Purpose: Clinical performance is regarded as a basic and core content of nursing quality. Improving clinical performance is a useful screening indicator for practice nursing students� professional competence. Few studies reveal the relationship between perceived stress, professional values and clinical performance. The purpose of the research is to determine whether professional values plays a moderating role in the relationship between perceived stress and clinical performance among Chinese practice nursing students. Method: 435 Chinese practice nursing students from 4 hospitals participated in this study. They completed questionnaires including the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), nursing professional value scale-revised (NPVS-R) and Clinical Performance Scale (CPS). Structural equation modeling was used to deal with the relationships among perceived stress, professional values and clinical performance. Result: Professional values significantly affected clinical performance (P<0.01) and moderated the relationship between perceived stress and clinical performance (P<0.01). Conclusion: Professional values moderates the relationship between perceived stress and clinical performance, which can form scientific evidence to develop intervention strategies to improve clinical performance.

Biography :

Yansheng Ye is a PhD candidate of Sichuan University in China and his major is nursing. He is also a Teacher of Hubei University of Science and Technology in Hubei province, China. His research is focused on nursing education. He is hosting 6 research project and has published 32 papers in reputed journals in China.

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