The Mediating effect of Nursing Professionalism on the Relationship between Self-efficacy and Confidence in Performing Intravenous injections in Senior Nursing Students

Objectives The purpose of this study was to identify the mediating effect of nursing professionalism on the relationship between self-efficacy and confidence in performing intravenous injection in senior nursing students. Methods Participants were 145 senior nursing students. Data were analyzed with SPSS Statistics 25.0 and the mediating effect was analyzed by using PROCESS Macro program. Results Self-efficacy directly affected nursing professionalism(β=.28, p<.001) and confidence in performing intravenous injections(β=.53, p<.001). Nursing professionalism directly affected confidence in performing intravenous injection(β=.43, p=.017). Nursing professinalism had a mediating effect between self-efficacy and confidence of performing intraveonus injections(Indirect effect=.12, 95%CI=0.11-0.20). Conclusions To improve confidence of performing intravenous injections in nursing students, it is necessary to improve their self-efficacy and nursing professionalism.