Potential profile analysis on vocational identity of undergraduate nursing students in the later stage of internship and its influ-encing factors

LIU Yumeng; SU Xinxin; HE Ziming; CHEN Ke; YUE Tong

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1671-315x.2025.03.012

Abstract：Objective To explore the latent categories of vocational identity among undergraduate nursing students in the later stage of internship,and further analyze the heterogeneity and influencing factors among different categories.Methods A questionnaire survey was conducted using a general information survey,vocational identity scale,and an emotional labor scale targeting 348 undergraduate nursing in-terns from six tertiary A-grade hospitals in Beijing,Dalian,Changchun,and Hohhot.Latent profile analysis was used to classify vocational i-dentity,single factor analysis and multivariate Logistic regression analysis were employed to analyze the influencing factors of the latent cate-gories of vocational identity among undergraduate nursing students in the later stage of internship.Results Nursing students'vocational identi-ty were categorized into four latent groups:low identity-fluctuating group(11.49%),medium-low identity-stable group(45.40%),medium-high identity-stable group(28.73%)and high identity-fluctuating group(14.36%).Gender,place of origin,and emotional labor were influen-cing factors of the latent categories of vocational identity among undergraduate nursing students in the later stage of internship(P＜0.05).Conclusion In the later stage of internships,there are significant latent category characteristics of vocational identity among undergraduate nursing students.Emotional labor has a significant impact on the latent categories of vocational identity.This provides a theoretical basis for nursing educators and managers to enhance nursing students'sense of vocational identity and emotional labor performance,thereby promoting their future vocational development.