Author(s)

Naomi Matsumori^1*, Yoshie Kageyama²

¹Department of Nursing, Prefectural University of Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan.
²Graduate School of Comprehensive Scientific Research, Prefectural University of Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan.

The aim of this review was to clarify the elements that promote socialization of nursing professionals from the findings of previous studies, with keywords related to socialization among undergraduate nursing students, and obtain indicators for promoting professional socialization in nursing students in the current nursing education. The literature review was conducted using a qualitative analysis of the promotion of professional socialization among nursing students. The results were reported according to the reporting checklist of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) statement. The authors conducted a literature search using electronic databases in July 2021, such as CINAHL (EBSCOhost), MEDLINE (EBSCOhost) for English articles, and Ichushi for Japanese articles. Included studies were from 1985 to 2021. Previous studies were integrated to current studies. A total of 23 articles in English and 34 articles in Japanese were analyzed. The methods for promoting professional socialization in nursing students include self-learning, online media, extracurricular elements, and clinical practice. Socialization process differed for each school year; the first-year students tend to have ideological answers, while the fourth-year students tend to have practical answers as a result of education. The process needs supports from instructors and mentors. Nursing education promoting professional socialization in nursing students has developed diverse modeling, positive effects for improving social skills, and impact of self-efficacy and self-esteem and has fostered professional commitment and professional identity. However, loss of idealism of professional identity after graduation should be considered with supports from instructors and mentors. To establish nursing professional identity smoothly, nursing instructors supporting skills should be developed by understanding students’ stage of professional socialization.

Professional Socialization, Nursing Students, Systematic Review, Basic Social Competency, Nursing Education

Matsumori, N. and Kageyama, Y. (2021) Literature Review of Nursing Education Promoting Professional Socialization among Nursing Students. Open Journal of Nursing, 11, 828-846. doi: 10.4236/ojn.2021.1110069.