Vahid Zamanzadeh
1, Leila Valizadeh
2, Rahim Badri Gargari
3, Akram Ghahramanian
2, Faranak Jabbarzadeh Tabriz
2*, Maureen Crowley
41 Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
2 Department of Pediatric nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery,Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
3 Department of Psychology, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
4 University of the West of Scotland, Crichton Campus, Dumfries, Scotland
Abstract
Introduction: The concept
of self-esteem has several definitions in different paradigms. Nursing has a
unique and combined paradigm; therefore it is necessary to explore nursing
students’ understanding of the concept of self-esteem. The present study aimed
to discover the extent and characteristics of the concept of self-esteem from
the perspective of Iranian nursing students through a qualitative approach.
Methods: This study was conducted using the conventional
content analysis method with the participation of 14 nursing students.
Purposive sampling was used to recruit participants and data were collected
through in-depth semi-structured interviews and analyzed simultaneously.
Results: Study
findings showed that the nursing students’ self-esteem is related to the sense
of worthy they perceived as being a nursing student.
Nursing students’ self-esteem was determined through sense of worthy related to
their perceived professionalism level, socialization into the profession, and enthusing
of them about being a nursing student.
Conclusion: If a nursing student was proud of her or his
nursing role, then he or she would enjoy the nursing course and all that
entailed; such as communication with colleagues, performing the tasks and,
generally her or his career.