The Impact of Clinical Learning Environment on Professional Self-Concept among Undergraduate Nursing Interns: The Mediating and Moderating Role of Proactive Personality

To explore the mediating and moderating roles of proactive personality in the clinical learning environment and professional self - concept of nursing undergraduate interns. Convenience sampling was employed to survey 230 undergraduate nursing students from two undergraduate universities in Henan Province. The correlation analysis results indicated a positive correlation between the clinical learning environment and professional self - concept (r = 0.66, P < 0.01), a positive correlation between the clinical learning environment and proactive personality (r = 0.45, P < 0.01), and a positive correlation between proactive personality and professional self - concept (r = 0.72, P < 0.01). Proactive personality plays mediating and moderating roles in the clinical learning environment and professional self - concept of undergraduate nursing interns. This suggests that nursing educators and managers can enhance the students' professional self - concept by improving the clinical learning environment and cultivating proactive personality.