The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education (한국간호교육학회지)

The Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education (한국간호교육학회)
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The relationship between nursing professionalism and nursing intention for patients with emerging infectious diseases of nursing students who had experienced COVID-19 pandemic: the mediating effect of e-Health literacy

코로나19를 경험한 간호대학생의 간호전문직관과 신종감염병 환자 간호의도와의 관계: e-헬스 리터러시의 매개효과

  • Kim, Hee Jung (College of Nursing․Research Institute of Nursing Science, Catholic University of Daegu)
  • 김희정 (대구가톨릭대학교 간호대학.간호과학연구소)
  • Received : 2023.08.10
  • Accepted : 2024.01.08
  • Published : 2024.02.28
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Abstract

Purpose: This study aimed to identify the relationship between nursing professionalism and nursing intention for patients with emerging infectious diseases of nursing students who had experienced coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), with a focus on the mediating effect of e-Health literacy. Methods: The study surveyed 177 nursing students who had experienced COVID-19. The data were collected using self-reported questionnaires. The collected data were analyzed using IBM SPSS statistics 25.0, and the mediating effect was analyzed through the SPSS Process macro model 4. Results: Nursing professionalism (β=.26, p=.002) and e-Health literacy (β=.18, p=.021) were found to be significant predictors of nursing intention for patients with emerging infectious diseases. In addition, e-Health literacy partially mediated the relationship between nursing professionalism and nursing intention for patients with emerging infectious diseases. Conclusion: e-Health literacy was a mediating factor in the relationship between the nursing professionalism and nursing intention of nursing students for patients with emerging infectious diseases. In order to improve nursing intention of nursing students for patients with emerging infectious diseases, it is important to develop an education program that can enhance their e-Health literacy as well as nursing professionalism.

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This work was supported by research grants from Daegu Catholic University in 2022.

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