Self-doubt in Nursing Students: An Evolutionary Concept Analysis.

ANS Adv Nurs Sci

Author Affiliations College of Nursing, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio (Dr Aller); Kaplan, Inc, Fort Lauderdale, Florida (Dr Aller); and College of Nursing, Taibah University, Medina, Saudi Arabia (Dr Almrwani).

Published: May 2024

Self-doubt may negatively affect the development of prelicensure nursing students as they prepare to become practice-ready members of the workforce. Walker and Avant's method of analysis was used to explore generalized self-doubt as well as within the context of a contemporary nursing education framework: Aller's Development of Decision-Making and Self-Efficacy Model (ADD-SEM). Results indicate that several attributes of generalized self-doubt, as a form of low psychological capital, were consistent with this construct of the ADD-SEM and should be considered as nurse educators strive to ensure new nurses are prepared for the complexity of today's health care systems.

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