title: Professional self-image. A research study of perioperative nursing students.
abstract: Education has the potential to influence the development of professional self-images. Interaction with significant others in an educational setting in perioperative nursing, which is grounded in professional standards and provides significant others who perceive the practice area as a professional one, was hypothesized as having the potential to contribute to the professional self-image of the students. This contribution was confirmed in the significantly increased professional self-image scores measured in the treatment group.
authors.affiliation: Delaware County Community College, Media, Pa.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Rothrock
mesh_terms: D004506:Education, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D009871:Operating Room Nursing; D011361:Professional Competence; D012649:Self Concept; D012951:Socialization; D013338:Students, Nursing