A Dear Price to Regret Over:On Mr.Stevens’Dignity and Professionalism in The Remains of the Day

The Remains of the Day is one of Kazuo Ishiguro’s renowned novels.The protagonist Stevens is an English butler whose life is deeply entwined with the concepts of dignity and honor.Set against the backdrop of post-World War II Britain and reflecting on the interwar period,the novel examines Stevens’devotion to his role and the traditional values of English aristocracy.The essay discusses how Stevens’identity is shaped by his unwavering commitment to professionalism and his admiration for British gentleman culture and highlights the identity crisis Stevens faces as he realizes the flawed nature of his employer and the outdated ideals he upheld.Through Stevens’journey of self-reassessment and eventual epiphany,the essay delves into the complexities of his internal struggle to reconstruct his identity,ultimately advocating for a more authentic understanding of dignity and honor.

The exploration of The Professional Identity of Chinese English Teachers in The Field of TEFL

The co-existence of native English teachers and Chinese English teachers in the Chinese educational system ushers in a new and fascinating research area. The SLA field has already had native English teachers as a perfect role-modeling of using English. Why do Chinese English teachers bother? Are there any space left for Chinese English teachers in the field of TEFL? Is their existence something accidental? This paper attempts to address the issue of professional legitimacy of an increasing amount of Chinese English teachers in the field of TEFL. By analyzing the deep-rooted assumptions and customary biases in the field, this paper tries to proposal a new professional identity for Chinese English teacher to imagine.

Measurement of professional identity in Chinese nursing students

Objectives:Chinese nurses continue to display low professional identity.It is becoming an emergent issue in China how to help nurse students develop their positive professional identity.This paper is to develop the Professional Identity Scale for Nursing Students(PISNS).Methods:Literature review,and interviews with students and experts were adopted to develop initial item.Reliability and validity of the scale were respectively examined by computing internal consistency coefficient alpha and split-half Spearman Brown for equal length,and Exploratory Principle Component Factor Analysis.Results:Five factors with 17-item were obtained explaining 58.9%of the total variance.Cronbach’s alpha,and split-half reliability was 0.83 and 0.84 respectively.Conclusions:Given its high reliability and validity,PISNS could be used as a measurement tool for educators to evaluate the developing level of professional identity in nursing students and assess the effectiveness of corresponding interventions and strategies.

Associated factors of professional identity among nursing undergraduates during COVID-19:A cross-sectional study

Objectives Professional identity plays an important role in the long-term development of nurses,and it will change when public health emergency occurs.The objective of this study is to investigate the factors associated with the professional identity of nursing undergraduates in the epidemic of COVID-19.Methods A cross-sectional survey design with convenience sampling was used.A total of 3,875 nursing undergraduates were recruited from seven universities across China from March to April 2020.A general information questionnaire was used to collect students’information,and the Professional Identity Questionnaire for Nurse Students was used to survey their professional identity during the early and later stages of the first wave of the COVID-19 epidemic.Results The score of professional identity in the later stage(59.49±12.41)was higher than that in the early stage(56.96±12.61).The stepwise regression indicated that several factors were associated with professional identity,including gender,residential area,major,impact of the epidemic on intention to work after graduation,reasons for choosing nursing major and students’scores of professional identity in early stage.Conclusions Nursing educators can utilize the positive impact of responding to public health emergencies to increase the professional identity of students.Meanwhile,educators should give those students with lower professional identity more targeted education to cultivate their professional identity after the occurrence of public health emergencies.

A Survey of Correlation between Professional Identity and Clinical Competency of Psychiatric Nurses

Introduction: Clinical competency and knowledge of the effective factors are of critical importance in nursing. Competency, self-esteem, and self-knowledge are achievable through professional identity. Employees’ participation in and attachment to their professional role is contingent considerably upon their professional identity. In light of this, the present study is aimed at determining correlation between professional identity and clinical competence of the nurses working in psychiatric wards of the hospitals affiliated with Tehran-based medical sciences universities. Methodology: This correlative study was conducted on 125 nurses working in psychiatric wards of Tehran-based hospitals affiliated with medical sciences universities. Data gathering tool of the study was a researcher-designed questionnaire to collect demographic, clinical competency, and professional identity data of the participants. For data analyzing, Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 18 was used. Findings: The results showed 91.2% of the participants evaluated their professional identity at good (47.2%) and very good (44%) levels;and 78.2% evaluated their clinical competency at very good level. The results also indicated positive and significant relationship between professional identity and clinical competency(r = 0.32, p = 0.001). In addition, none of the demographical variables were related to professional identity and clinical competency. Conclusion: There is positive relationship between clinical competency and professional identity, which means that development of positive attitudes regarding the psychiatric nursing can lead to higher clinical competency of the participants. The findings of the study highlighted the weight and role of positive attitude regarding the professional identity. It could result in increase of clinical competency and deserved attention of hospital’s managers.

Factors that affect the process of professional identity formation in public health nurses

Objective: The aim of this study was to elucidate the process of professional identity formation and the factors that affect the process in public health nurses (PHNs). Methods: We performed an inductive qualitative analysis based on semi-structured interviews and focus group interviews of 65 PHNs. Results: At years 1 - 5, PHNs did not have a professional self-identity. Therefore, it was important for them to recognize the significance of their own work. At years 6 - 10, PHNs acquired self-assurance as a practitioner through feedback from residents. It was important for them to have a better understanding, broader viewpoints and more affection for their own community. At years 11 - 20, PHNs felt ambivalent toward the challenges and heavy responsibilities based on the objective assessment of their jobs and roles. PHNs felt embarrassed by role changes when they became a manager or an expert. It was important for them to become aware of their new role through managerial education and training. However, some PHNs who were unable to establish a clear PHN identity experienced setbacks at each developmental stage. Conclusions: Our data suggest that a differential approach dependent on the stage and level of confidence in an individual’s PHN identity is required for the formation of PHN identity.

Correlation among academic self-efficacy,professional identity,and professional attitude of higher vocational nursing students

Objective:To analyze the influence of professional identity and academic efficacy on the professional attitude of higher vocational nursing students.Methods:A total of 656 higher vocational nursing students were investigated with general information questionnaire,academic self-efficacy scale,professional identity scale,and professional attitude scale of nursing students.Results:The score of professional attitude of higher vocational nursing students was(106.34±9.86),which is found to be in the upper middle level.The professional attitude of higher vocational nursing students is positively correlated with academic self-efficacy(P<0.05),and with learning ability self-efficacy(P<0.01).Professional cognition,professional will,and professional values have a positive predictive effect on the professional attitude of higher vocational nursing students(P<0.05).Conclusions:Academic self-efficacy and professional identity are important predictors of professional attitude.Learning behavior self-efficacy,professional cognition,professional will,and professional values have a significant impact on the establishment of positive professional attitude.

Primary and secondary school mental health teachers in professional identity of intervention programs

To explore the impact of teacher training on the professional identity of primary and secondary school mental health teachers, this study conducted a half-month professional development training program to 54 primary and secondary school mental health teachers, and performed measurement on the professional identity of the teachers in the experimental group and the control group with “Teachers’ Professional Identity Questionnaire”. The result shows that after the training there is a significant improvement in the professional identity of the teachers in the experimental group, and the teachers’ scores on the four dimensions of profession identity: the sense of role, the professional behavioral tendency, the occupational values, and the sense of belonging, all increased significantly. This indicates that the curriculum intervention for the primary and secondary school mental health teachers could effectively improve the teachers’ professional identity.

Professional identity, wellness, and future hope among nurse interns in Egypt

Objective:Since nursing is a performance-based profession,clinical learning environments play an important role in the acquisition of professional abilities and train nursing students to enter the nursing profession and become a registered nurse.The study aimed to investigate the relations among professional identity,wellness,and future hope in nurse interns.Methods:A cross-sectional,analytic,descriptive,correlational study design was used to test these relations in the study where 210 nurse interns’students were selected using a convenience sampling from Zagazig University hospitals and Suez Canal University hospitals in Egypt.The questionnaires consisted of 4 parts,namely demographic characteristics,Professional Identity Scale for Nursing Students(PISNS),Holistic Health and Wellness Survey,and Hope scale.Results:Less than half of the study sample had chosen nursing specialty by own will(43.8%),while slightly more than half of them had a"very good"graduation level,and had no nursing role model.The lowest mean professional identity score was for independence in career choice while the highest was for social modeling.The repor ted physical wellness mean-score was the least,while social wellness was the highest.Professional identity,wellness,and future hope scores differed significantly based on nurse interns’personal characteristics.There were statistically significant,positive,weak-to-moderate correlations among the scores of professional identity,wellness,and future hope;however,the"choice of nursing study by own will"was a statistically significant independent positive predictor of the scores of professional identity,wellness,and future hope.Conclusions:Nurse interns’professional identity,wellness,and future hope were positively inter-correlated.However,nurse interns’wellness was the lowest,and it should be fostered as it was the main predictor for future hope.The internship programs should be modulated to improve nurse interns’professional identity,par ticularly regarding independence,and should foster their well-being in the clinical environment.

A study on the correlation between function motivation and professional identity among nursing volunteers

Objective:The objective of this study is to understand the status quo of function motivation and professional identity among nursing volunteers and explore the correlation between the two.Materials and Methods:A total of 3375 nursing volunteers from Nightingale Volunteer Service Group in Shanxi Province were investigated by using Occupational Identity Scale and Volunteer Functional Motivation Scale.Results:A total of 3375 questionnaires were issued and 3330 were recovered,among which 3324 were valid,with an effective recovery rate of 99.82%(3324/3330).The overall score of professional identity of nurses was 110.31±18.71,and the score of each dimension was 32.17±6.62 for professional cognitive evaluation dimension,22.77±3.74 for professional social support,21.31±4.09 for professional social skills,22.78±3.79 for professional frustration coping,and 11.32±2.03 for professional self-reflection.The total score of function motivation was 157.12±29.92.The above five dimensions of nurse’s professional identity scale were positively correlated with the total score of function motivation of nursing volunteers(r=0.044,0.035,0.034,0.035,and 0.042,respectively,all P<0.05).Conclusion:The functional motivation and professional identity of nursing volunteers in Shanxi Province are in the middle level in China.Therefore,it is necessary for the hospital to stimulate nursing staff’s enthusiasm about participation by carrying out multi-channel and multi-form volunteer service projects,enhance their professional identity,and make them better give back nursing professional skills to the society.

Structure of Professional Identity of Public Health Nurses Working for Governmental Agencies

Background: Public health nurses in Japan are nationally licensed professionals who act as members of local governments and provide services to local community residents. Public health nurses must establish their professional identity early on in order to deliver high quality public health services. However, the structure of their professional identity is not fully understood. Objectives: Our purpose was to investigate structures of professional identity of public health nurses working for governmental agencies, and to clarify characteristics of their professional identity. Methods: Questionnaire surveys were conducted on 670 PHNs working for local governmental agencies. The investigation items included measurement indices for professional identity of PHNs, basic attributes, and scales which reflect aspects of self-respect. After analyzing the investigated items, we conducted exploratory factor analysis. Also we named extracted factors, and investigated reliability and appropriateness. Relationships with the attributes or self-respect aspects were also analyzed. Results: Of 350 respondents (52.2%), 309 effective answers (effective answer ratio: 88.2%) were analyzed. Item and factor analyses identified 12 items, which were categorized into 3 factors: “intention to develop professionally”, “confidence in own abilities”, and “occupational affinity”. Scales of self-respect aspects and the index for professional identity showed positive correlation. The coefficient for all 12 items was 0.89. Significant difference with the attributes were noted for “age”, “years of experience as PHNs”, and “number of PHN in the workplace”. Conclusion: Professional identify of PHNs is found to be consisted of 3 factors.

Interprofessional Clinical Simulation-Based Education to Develop Professional Identity and Professionalism in Japanese Medical and Nursing Students

Introduction: We conducted a multi-occupational team simulation training for medical and nursing students and clarified how professional identity and professionalism attitudes change with interprofessional education (IPE). Methods: Thirty-nine 4th-year medical students and 48 2nd-year nursing students were enrolled and distributed to the educational intervention group and the control group. We used a vocation identity scale including lower four subscales, a scale for professionalism including lower five subscales, a readiness for inter-professional learning scale (RIPLS), and an interdisciplinary education perception scale (IEPS). Results: Among the medical students, IPE using an advanced patient simulator improved the scores on the vocational identity scale, scale for professionalism, RIPLS, and IEPS. Among the nursing students, IPE improved the scores on the vocational identity scale, scale for professionalism, RIPLS, and IEPS. Conclusion: On-the-job training using simulated clinical training by a multi-occupational team improved vocational identification and professionalism.

Study on Professional Identity of College EFL Teachers—A Survey in the City of Shanghai,China

As an important aspect of the inner world of teachers,the study of professional identity is attracting more and more attention from researchers at home and abroad.Through a questionnaire survey based on CETPII(College English Teachers’Professional Identity Inventory),the paper analyzes the college EFL teacher professional identity.The findings show that college EFL teachers in China have high professional identity,but the four factors constituting professional identity are scored differently.Occupational behavior tendency ranks the highest.Also,there are significant differences among teachers of different ages and teaching years.

Cultural Other-Orientation in Foreign Teachers＇ Constructing Professional Identity A Case Study in Tertiary Education in China

Teachers＇ professional identity has developed into a separate research field for the past two decades, which has attracted studies on the construction, traits, and methodology. That of foreign teachers in cross-cultural working conditions has aroused new research interests. A case study of foreign teachers in tertiary education in China has been done. An analysis is made in terms of the situation and characteristics of their constructing professional identiy on the basis of the case study

Research on the Reality of Professional Identity of Teaching of Primary Education Undergraduates—A Case Study on N Higher Normal University

This paper is a reality research on professional identity of teaching of primary education undergraduates of N Higher Normal University.The research was conducted from four dimensions:professional desire and expectation,professional will,professional value,and professional performance.SPSS25.0 was applied in this research to analyze the data.The results indicate that primary education undergraduates have a relatively high level of professional identity of teaching.Besides,there are no significant differences in aspects of gender,class,only child,and professional identity of teaching,whereas the difference in the possession of a teacher qualification certificate is prominent.

Research progress on professional identity assessment tools for nursing students in China

This paper introduced the concept of nursing students’ professional identity and described the development process.At the same time this paper introduced the assessment content, applicable population and scoring methods.Reliability and validity of the scales and the application status of commonly used assessment tools of professionalidentity of nursing students were introduced. This study aims to provide guidance for clinical staff and nursingeducators to select targeted professional identity assessment tools for nursing students.

A Qualitative Study on Professional Identity of EFL Graduate Students

To date, research studies on students’professional identities have primarily focused on teacher education or nursing program, with little attention paid to language learners’ professional identities in the study. This study aims to explore the characteristics of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) graduate students’professional identities as well as the possible factors influencinggraduate students’ professional identities. A case study of six English as a Foreign Language (EFL) graduate students was conducted, and qualitative interviews were carried out to make sense students’ characteristics and factors influencing their professionalidentities. The findings indicated that the overall condition of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) graduate students’ professionalidentities was generally higher, and revealed a string of factors influencing their professional identities. This study has implicationfor English as a Foreign Language (EFL) graduate students’ professional development, shedding light on how English as a ForeignLanguage (EFL) graduate students’professional identities can be facilitated.

“三融入,一反哺”:植物生理学课程思政探索与实践

课程思政是立德树人的根本任务,针对植物生理学教学中课程思政元素融入不够,育智重于育人的不足。以文化自信为切入点,采取“三融入,一反哺”策略,即将处于世界领先地位的中国古代传统农业思想、近现代中国植物生理学家的成就、西南联合大学(简称“西南联大”)的卓越贡献和科研反哺教学融入植物生理学教学。激发学生的学习热情,提高创新能力;增强文化自信,提升专业认同感。

基于元分析的大学生专业认同影响因素研究

专业认同水平关系到大学生能力发展、专业发展乃至高等教育事业的发展,探究大学生专业认同的影响因素对提高专业认同具有重要意义,然而既有研究结论并不统一,为此,本研究对30项实证研究进行元分析。结果表明,影响大学生专业认同的因素包括13个:个人特质、学习兴趣、学习动机、学习效能、专业价值观(统称为微观因素),教师指导、重要他人、课程设置、科研活动、学校环境(统称为中观因素),专业培养定位、社会认可度、专业前景(统称为宏观因素),均正向显著影响专业认同。其中,宏观因素对专业认同的影响最大,微观因素的影响次之,均有高度影响,中观因素的影响最小,有中等影响。与此同时,各因素对专业认同的影响还受学生类型、专业类别、学校所在地区的调节。最后,结合元分析结果,为提高大学生专业认同提出针对性建议。