J Korean Acad Soc Nurs Educ.  2024 Feb;30(1):71-81. 10.5977/jkasne.2024.30.1.71.

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

• Kim HJ

• KMID: 2553087
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5977/jkasne.2024.30.1.71

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.

Keyword

Emerging communicable diseases, Health literacy, Intention, Nursing students, Professionalism; 신종감염병, 헬스 리터러시, 의도, 간호대학생, 전문직관