Status quo of self-worth in nursing students of higher vocational schools

Objective:To study the self-worth(SW) status of nursing students in higher vocational schools.Methods:One thousand eight hundred and eighteen students were surveyed by stratified cluster sampling,using Self-worth Scale for Adolescents.Results:The nursing students from higher vocational schools have recorded higher scores than the national norms in terms of total,regular and special dimensions of SW(P＜0.01);the personal-oriented interpersonal SW amid second-year students and the society-oriented moral SW amid interns are significantly lower than the national norms(P＜0.01);the interns' interpersonal SW does not vary statistically(P＞0.05).The abnormal rate of interpersonal dimension of the interns is higher than that of the first-year and second-year students,while the difference is not significant between the first-year and second-year students(P＞0.05).Conclusions:The nursing students from higher vocational schools have recorded higher scores than the national norms in most SW;with the involvement of professional factors,some profession-associated dimensions present abnormal,which may be related to the professional demand for the nursing students.