فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

Background and Objectives: The most important challenge right now is the COVID-19 pandemic. Professional Self-concept is thought to be a predictor and mediator of health outcomes, and knowledge related to nurses' self-concept is also very important for continued professional development and growth. Therefore, we decided to conduct a study aimed at determining the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on nurses' professional self-concept.   Methods: This was an analytical case-control study. Participants consisted of 220 nurses of Ardabil government hospitals, which were divided into three groups: case (nurses working in the Covid ward and Covid ICU) and control (nurses working in other non-Covid wards). The data collection instrument consists of a two-part questionnaire (Socio-demographic and Nurses' Professional Self-Concept Questionnaire made by Cowin). Data analysis was done using SPSS software version 16 through descriptive and inferential statistics such as independent t-test, One-Way ANOVA and post hoc tests. The level of significance was considered at P < 0.05.   Results: The results of our study indicated that nurses of ICU Covid and Covid wards had moderate level of professional self-concept (72-44), but nurses of non Covid wards had low level of self-concept (36-72). Also, comparing the three groups with One-Way ANOVA test, a statistically significant difference was observed between the groups (P< 0.05).   Conclusion: The results of the present study showed that there is a significant difference between nurses working in Covid and non-Covid wards in terms of the level of professional self-concept and the more care experience, the more self-concept. Therefore, maintaining the position of the nursing profession resulting from the transition from the crisis of Covid-19, changing the educational planning in order to be more prepared for similar conditions in nursing education and providing in-service training by special nurses to inexperienced nurses seems necessary.