Nursing postgraduates’ innovative behaviour, influencing factors and educational requirements: a national cross-sectional study
Abstract Background Innovative behaviours are important for nursing postgraduates who are a significant reserve for future nursing career, thinking critically, utilizing technologies and solving complex problems. In nursing undergraduates’ education, innovative behaviour is closely linked with the d...
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| description | Abstract Background Innovative behaviours are important for nursing postgraduates who are a significant reserve for future nursing career, thinking critically, utilizing technologies and solving complex problems. In nursing undergraduates’ education, innovative behaviour is closely linked with the development of professional identity. However, there are limited studies exploring innovative behaviours, influencing factors and educational requirements of nursing postgraduates. Aim To investigate nursing postgraduates’ innovative behaviour, influencing factors, and the correlation between innovative behaviour and professional identity. Moreover, exploring nursing postgraduates’ requirements for innovational education. Methods A national descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among postgraduate students in Chinese nursing schools between October and November 2022. A general information questionnaire, The Nurses’ Innovative Behaviour Scale, the Professional Identity Questionnaire for Nurse Student, and a multiple-choice question about students’ innovation education requirements were collected. The independent-sample t-test, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), multiple linear regression, and Pearson’s correlation analyses were conducted. Results This study recruited 426 nursing postgraduates from 44 nursing schools across China. The mean score of innovative behaviour of nursing postgraduates was 38.96 ± 4.90 (min-max 10–50). Nursing postgraduates’ professional identity was positively correlated with innovative behaviour (r = 0.436, P < 0.01). Participants who read scientific literature frequently, had a high level of professional identity, and grew up in urban areas had high levels of innovative behaviour (adjusted R 2 = 0.244, P < 0.001). Conclusions It was determined that the level of innovative behaviour is associated with their professional identity and the frequence of reading scientific literature in nursing postgraduates. It is imperative for educators to foster an environment that encourages postgraduate nursing students to engage with a wider array of scholarly literature and elevates postgraduate nursing students’ professional identity. Furthermore, the dissemination of advanced knowledge and the adoption of diverse pedagogical approaches are likely to meet the innovative demands of nursing postgraduates. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-da04996a9d1e44e9bdf47a8b6d3cf6472025-01-19T12:27:32ZengBMCBMC Medical Education1472-69202025-01-0125111110.1186/s12909-025-06658-1Nursing postgraduates’ innovative behaviour, influencing factors and educational requirements: a national cross-sectional studyJiayi Zhu0Shuai Yuan1Lihui Pu2Ruben Martin-Payo3Liqin Wei4Mengying Qiu5Fengying Zhang6West China School of Nursing/Nursing Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province/West China Hospital, Sichuan UniversityWest China School of Nursing/Nursing Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province/West China Hospital, Sichuan UniversityErasmus MC, Department Internal Medicine, Section Nursing Science, University Medical Centre RotterdamDepartment of Medicine, University of OviedoWest China School of Nursing/Nursing Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province/West China Hospital, Sichuan UniversitySchool of English Studies, Sichuan International Studies UniversityWest China School of Nursing/Nursing Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province/West China Hospital, Sichuan UniversityAbstract Background Innovative behaviours are important for nursing postgraduates who are a significant reserve for future nursing career, thinking critically, utilizing technologies and solving complex problems. In nursing undergraduates’ education, innovative behaviour is closely linked with the development of professional identity. However, there are limited studies exploring innovative behaviours, influencing factors and educational requirements of nursing postgraduates. Aim To investigate nursing postgraduates’ innovative behaviour, influencing factors, and the correlation between innovative behaviour and professional identity. Moreover, exploring nursing postgraduates’ requirements for innovational education. Methods A national descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among postgraduate students in Chinese nursing schools between October and November 2022. A general information questionnaire, The Nurses’ Innovative Behaviour Scale, the Professional Identity Questionnaire for Nurse Student, and a multiple-choice question about students’ innovation education requirements were collected. The independent-sample t-test, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), multiple linear regression, and Pearson’s correlation analyses were conducted. Results This study recruited 426 nursing postgraduates from 44 nursing schools across China. The mean score of innovative behaviour of nursing postgraduates was 38.96 ± 4.90 (min-max 10–50). Nursing postgraduates’ professional identity was positively correlated with innovative behaviour (r = 0.436, P < 0.01). Participants who read scientific literature frequently, had a high level of professional identity, and grew up in urban areas had high levels of innovative behaviour (adjusted R 2 = 0.244, P < 0.001). Conclusions It was determined that the level of innovative behaviour is associated with their professional identity and the frequence of reading scientific literature in nursing postgraduates. It is imperative for educators to foster an environment that encourages postgraduate nursing students to engage with a wider array of scholarly literature and elevates postgraduate nursing students’ professional identity. Furthermore, the dissemination of advanced knowledge and the adoption of diverse pedagogical approaches are likely to meet the innovative demands of nursing postgraduates.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-025-06658-1Postgraduate nursing studentEducationInnovationProfessional identity |
| spellingShingle | Jiayi Zhu Shuai Yuan Lihui Pu Ruben Martin-Payo Liqin Wei Mengying Qiu Fengying Zhang Nursing postgraduates’ innovative behaviour, influencing factors and educational requirements: a national cross-sectional study BMC Medical Education Postgraduate nursing student Education Innovation Professional identity |
| title | Nursing postgraduates’ innovative behaviour, influencing factors and educational requirements: a national cross-sectional study |
| title_full | Nursing postgraduates’ innovative behaviour, influencing factors and educational requirements: a national cross-sectional study |
| title_fullStr | Nursing postgraduates’ innovative behaviour, influencing factors and educational requirements: a national cross-sectional study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nursing postgraduates’ innovative behaviour, influencing factors and educational requirements: a national cross-sectional study |
| title_short | Nursing postgraduates’ innovative behaviour, influencing factors and educational requirements: a national cross-sectional study |
| title_sort | nursing postgraduates innovative behaviour influencing factors and educational requirements a national cross sectional study |
| topic | Postgraduate nursing student Education Innovation Professional identity |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-025-06658-1 |
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