Objective  To investigate the current status of self-career management of newly recruited nurses, and analyze its influencing factors.

Methods  A total of 212 newly recruited nurses were selected as the study subjects by convenience sampling method.A survey was conducted using general information questionnaire, self-career management scale, emotional intelligence scale, and nurse occupational coping self-efficacy questionnaire for nurses for the subjects.

Results  The total score of self-career management for newly recruited nurses was (50.00±7.80) points.Univariate analysis showed that there were statistically significant differences in the self-career management scores of newly recruited nurses with different educational backgrounds and levels of love for nursing profession (P < 0.01).The results of Pearson correlation analysis showed that self-career management of newly recruited nurses was significantly positively correlated with emotional intelligence and occupational coping self-efficacy (r=0.458, 0.579, P < 0.01).Multiple linear regression analysis indicated that education level, emotional intelligence, and occupational coping self-efficacy were the main influencing factors for the self-career management of newly recruited nurses (P < 0.05 to P < 0.01), which explained 39.4% of the total variance.

Conclusions  The self-career management of newly recruited nurses is at a medium to above level, which is mainly affected by the education level, emotional intelligence, occupational coping self-efficacy.Nursing managers should help newly recruited nurses adapt to the organization, coach career planning, set up emotional intelligence training courses, create a good organizational atmosphere, and encourage nurses to actively participate in decision-making, so as to improve the self-career management level of newly recruited nurses.