Abstract
A study on the influence of clinical experience on nurse career development, as viewed from the self-evaluation of ability, and in the context of self-image.
Subjects who participated in this study ranged in age from their 20's (21.1%) to their 50's, most of them having experience of more than 15 years.
Six factors were extracted from factor analytic studies of self-image.
The factors were: independence, sociability, receptiveness, competence, sensitivity, and rational.
Based on comparison of the age groups and the number of years of clinical experience, the receptiveness factor showed a significant difference. The factor showed higher scores for both the older age group, and for those with more than 15years of clinical experience.
