A Study on the Correlation Between Functional Motivation and Professional Identity in Nursing Volunteers

Abstract Objective To understand the status quo of functional motivation and professional identity of nursing volunteers and explore the correlation.Methods 3375 nursing volunteers were investigated by using occupational identity scale and volunteer functional motivation scale.Results a total of 3,375 questionnaires were issued and 3,330 were recovered, with an effective recovery rate of 99.82%.The overall scores of occupational cognitive evaluation, occupational social support, occupational social skills, occupational frustration coping and occupational identity of nurses were (32.17±6.62), (22.77±3.74), (21.31±4.09), (22.78±3.79), (11.32±2.03) and (110.31±18.71), respectively.The total score of functional motivation was (157.12±29.92).Occupational cognitive evaluation, occupational social support, occupational social skills, occupational frustration coping, and occupational self-reflection were positively correlated with the total score of functional motivation (R values were 0.044,0.035, 0.034,0.035,0.042, respectively).P < 0.05).Conclusion The functional motivation and professional identity of nursing volunteers in Shanxi Province are in the middle level in China.Therefore, it is necessary to enhance nursing staff's professional identity, carry out multi-channel and multi-form volunteer service projects, stimulate the enthusiasm of nursing staff to participate in, and give back nursing professional skills to the society better.