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

Items	Future hope		Mann–Whitney test	P-value

	M ± SD	Median
Age, years old (20–25)
≤22	5.46 ± 1.85	6.00
≥23	5.55 ± 1.85	6.00	0.06	0.80
Gender
Male	5.63 ± 1.94	6.06
Female	5.44 ± 1.81	6.00	0.81	0.37
University
Suez Canal	5.60 ± 1.55	5.88
Zagazig	5.39 ± 2.11	6.13	0.09	0.76
Graduation grade
Good	5.20 ± 1.76	5.50
Very good	5.76 ± 1.79	6.38	H = 7.64	0.02^*
Excellent	5.11 ± 1.98	5.63
Pre-university education
General	5.51 ± 1.88	6.00
Technical	5.10 ± 1.11	5.00	2.27	0.13
Chose nursing by own will
No	5.02 ± 1.76	6.00
Yes	5.63 ± 1.88	6.19	1.69	0.057
Have nurse role model
No	5.45 ± 1.76	5.75
Yes	5.58 ± 1.98	6.25	1.46	0.23
Have chronic disease
No	5.49 ± 1.88	6.00
Yes	5.70 ± 1.31	5.88	0.02	0.89

Items	Scores

	M	SD	Median	Quartiles

				1st	3rd
Professional identity (max = 5)	3.45	0.77	3.56	3.02	3.43
Benefit of retention/risk of turnover	3.35	0.93	3.50	3.00	3.35
Independence of career choice	3.25	0.60	3.00	3.00	3.20
Professional self-image	3.38	0.93	3.50	2.88	3.37
Social comparison and self-reflection	3.57	0.97	3.67	3.00	3.57
Social modeling	3.85	1.05	4.00	3.50	3.85
Wellness (max = 5)	3.04	0.99	3.19	2.50	3.03
Physical	2.86	1.11	2.92	2.14	2.85
Psychological	3.04	1.09	3.20	2.53	3.03
Social	3.22	1.11	3.46	2.61	3.21
Future hope (max = 8)	5.50	1.85	6.00	4.66	5.48
Agency	5.50	1.80	6.00	5.00	5.48
Pathway	5.50	2.00	6.00	4.33	5.48

Items	Professional identity		Mann–Whitney test	P-value

	M ± SD	Median
Age, years old (20–25)
≤22	3.35 ± 0.75	3.53
≥23	3.60 ± 0.78	3.71	7.36	0.007^**
Gender
Male	3.06 ± 0.88	3.18
Female	3.61 ± 0.66	3.71	18.25	<0.001^**
University
Suez Canal	3.54 ± 0.59	3.53
Zagazig	3.35 ± 0.91	3.71	0.12	0.73
Graduation grade
Good	3.35 ± 0.79	3.47
Very good	3.48 ± 0.80	3.65	H = 1.70	0.43
Excellent	3.44 ± 0.68	3.53
Pre-university education
General	3.46 ± 0.78	3.59
Technical	3.24 ± 0.60	3.29	1.82	0.18
Chose nursing by own will
No	3.28 ± 0.74	3.35
Yes	3.66 ± 0.76	3.82	18.50	<0.001^**
Have nurse role model
No	3.32 ± 0.75	3.47
Yes	3.63 ± 0.77	3.82	9.91	0.002^**
Have chronic disease
No	3.43 ± 0.78	3.53
Yes	3.74 ± 0.58	3.65	1.03	0.31

Items	Wellness		Mann–Whitney test	P-value

	M ± SD	Median
Age, years old (20–25)
≤22	3.06 ± 1.01	3.23
≥23	3.01 ± 0.96	3.05	0.18	0.67
Gender
Male	3.17 ± 1.08	3.36
Female	2.99 ± 0.94	3.13	1.41	0.24
University
Suez Canal	3.09 ± 0.80	3.16
Zagazig	3.00 ± 1.14	3.21	0.03	0.85
Graduation grade
Good	2.72 ± 1.05	2.77
Very good	3.20 ± 0.90	3.24	H = 6.22	0.04^*
Excellent	2.92 ± 1.06	3.21
Pre-university education
General	3.05 ± 1.00	3.21
Technical	2.82 ± 0.72	2.73	1.93	0.16
Chose nursing by own will
No	2.89 ± 0.97	3.04
Yes	3.24 ± 0.98	3.42	8.08	0.004^**
Have nurse role model
No	2.99 ± 1.02	3.16
Yes	3.12 ± 0.94	3.24	0.59	0.44
Have chronic disease
No	3.04 ± 1.00	3.20
Yes	3.07 ± 0.69	3.00	0.22	0.64

Scales	Spearman rank correlation coefficient

	Professional identity	Wellness	Future hope
Wellness	0.142^*
Future hope	0.273^**	0.676^**
Age	0.181^**	−0.071	0.000
Graduation grade	0.029	0.062	−0.016

Items	Unstandardized coefficients		Standardized coefficients	t-test	P-value	95% Confidence interval for B		r-square	Model ANOVA	Variables entered and excluded

	B	Std. Error				Lower	Upper
Professional identity								0.16	F = 14.33, P < 0.001	Age, pre-university education, graduation grade, university, chronic disease
Constant	40.22	3.26		12.341	<0.001^**	33.79	46.65
Female gender	8.59	1.82	0.30	4.710	<0.001^**	4.99	12.18
Chose nursing by own will	5.02	1.70	0.19	2.946	0.004^**	1.66	8.38
Nurse role model	3.79	1.72	0.14	2.205	0.029^*	0.40	7.18
Wellness								0.03	F = 6.60, P = 0.011	Age, gender, pre-university education, graduation grade, university, nurse role model, chronic disease
Constant	216.85	6.72		32.277	<0.001^**	203.60	230.09
Chose nursing by own will	26.07	10.15	0.18	2.568	0.011^*	6.06	46.08
Future hope								0.49	F = 67.46, P < 0.001	Age, gender, pre-university education, graduation grade, university, nurse role model, chronic disease
Constant	0.11	4.04		0.028	<0.001^**	7.85	8.07
Chose nursing by own will	3.21	1.54	0.11	2.082	0.039^*	6.25	0.17
Wellness score	0.14	0.01	0.68	13.616	<0.001^**	0.12	0.16
Professional identity score	0.24	0.06	0.21	4.147	<0.001^**	0.13	0.35