OCCUPATION AND HEALTH ›› 2026, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (7): 971-976.DOI: 10.1016/j.jen.2024.12.015

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Status of career decision-making efficacy and mediating role of psychological empowerment between emotional intelligence and career decision-making efficacy of nursing interns in a grade-A tertiary hospital in Nanjing City

ZHU Shumin1, CHANG Ping1, WANG Zhen2, YE Hongfang1()   

  1. 1 Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital Affiliated to Medicine School of Nanjing UniversityNanjingJiangsu 210008, China
    2 School of NursingNanjing University of Chinese Medicine,NanjingJiangsu 210000, China
  • Received:2025-07-04 Revised:2025-07-30 Online:2026-04-01 Published:2026-05-14

Abstract:

Objective To understand the status of career decision-making efficacy and mediating role of psychological empowerment between emotional intelligence and career decision-making efficacy of nursing interns in a grade-A tertiary hospital in Nanjing City,so as to provide theoretical basis and practical guidance for improving the career decision-making efficiency of nursing interns and optimizing the nursing talent training mechanism. Methods The convenience sampling method was used to select 220 intern nursing students from a grade-A tertiary hospital in Nanjing City in February 2025 as the study subjects,the data were collected using the emotional intelligence scale,the psychological empowerment scale,and the career decision making self-efficacy scale,and the data were analyzed. Results The total scores of career decision-making self-efficacy,emotional intelligence and psychological empowerment in nursing interns were (109.22±16.68),(88.45±11.76) and (48.69±7.78)points,respectively. The psychological empowerment in nursing interns was positively correlated with emotional intelligence and career decision-making efficacy(r=0.740,0.837,both P<0.05). The emotional intelligence was positively correlated with career decision-making efficacy(r=0.798,P<0.05). The psychological empowerment played a mediating role between emotional intelligence and career decision-making efficacy,with an effect value of 0.503,and mediating effect accounted for 48.83%. Conclusion The career decision-making efficacy of nursing interns is at a medium level,the emotional intelligence not only directly affects the career decision-making efficacy,but also indirectly plays a role through psychological empowerment,suggesting that systematic emotional intelligence training and psychological empowerment interventions can significantly enhance the career decision-making ability of nursing interns,thus effectively promoting the stability and professional development of the nursing talent team.

Key words: Nursing, Interns, Emotional intelligence, Psychological empowerment, Career decision-making efficacy, Mediating effect

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