Investigation on professional maturity and career planning of nursing students

Objective To investigate professional maturity and career planning of nursing students and explore their correlation.Methods Totals of 138 nursing students were investigated by professional maturity scale and career planning scale.Results Both professional maturity and career planning of nursing students were average level,with the score of (3.08 ± 0.24),(3.47 ± 0.41),and professional maturity degree was positively correlated with career planning level (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions Professional maturity and career planning of nursing students have a certain degree of development,but there is still some gap to mature period,and the imbalance appears in various dimensions.Clinical nursing educators should strengthen the self-confidence of nursing students,and guide career planning according to the degree of professional Key words: Nursing students;  Professional maturity;  Career planning