J Korean Acad Soc Nurs Educ.  2015 Feb;21(1):5-15. 10.5977/jkasne.2015.21.1.5.

Construction of a Structural Model Incorporating Nurse Image, Image Determinants, and Self-esteem for Evaluation of Cambodian Nursing Students

• Choi S
• Park H
• Chae YR
• Ha YJ
• Kim JH

• KMID: 2327547
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5977/jkasne.2015.21.1.5

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study, on the basis of a structural model that includes nurse image, image determinants, and self-esteem of Cambodian nursing students influenced by the Korean nursing education system, demonstrates distinctions between senior and junior according to experience in clinical practice.
METHODS
Data were collected via a questionnaire from 194 nursing students in Cambodia and subsequently analyzed using the STATA IC 12 program.
RESULTS
First, image determinants and their sub-factors-subjective, institutional, and media-effect both the nurse image and self-esteem of nursing students. Second, the study confirms that nurse image has no significant effect on self-esteem. Also, the individual factor, a sub-factor of nurse image, possesses a weak relationship with nurse image. Third, the structural model mediating between senior and junior reveals differences resulting from experiences derived from clinical practice.
CONCLUSION
The study has significance in that Cambodian nursing students, who are rarely studied in terms of nurse image, have been systemically analyzed via a structural model incorporating image determinants and self-esteem.

Keyword

Cambodia; Nursing; Students; Self-esteem

MeSH Terms

Asian Continental Ancestry Group*
Cambodia
Education, Nursing
Humans
Models, Structural*
Negotiating
Nursing
Surveys and Questionnaires
Students, Nursing*