{"title":"Prevalence of Impostor Phenomenon Among Final-Semester Baccalaureate Nursing Students.","authors":"Julie Lindsay, Stacey Cropley, Eliamar Ramirez","doi":"10.1097/DCC.0000000000000653","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Impostor phenomenon (IP) is characterized as an internal sense of intellectual fraudulence and the inability to internalize success. It was identified by Clance and Imes in 1978 in a study with high-achieving women and has since been found among other professionals. Studies regarding IP are limited in nursing and among nursing students.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The purpose of the study was to evaluate the prevalence of IP among senior baccalaureate nursing (BSN) students at a public central Texas university immediately prior to graduation.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Senior BSN students were given an anonymous survey utilizing the Clance Impostor Phenomenon Scale.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the 86 senior BSN students, 82.5% completed the anonymous survey. Among students, 45.1% experienced moderate IP, 46.5% experienced frequent IP, and 8.5% experienced intense IP.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The incidence of IP was higher than expected. This study has implications for the future of nursing, including academic retention and postgraduation performance.</p>","PeriodicalId":46646,"journal":{"name":"Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4000,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1097/DCC.0000000000000653","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"NURSING","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Background: Impostor phenomenon (IP) is characterized as an internal sense of intellectual fraudulence and the inability to internalize success. It was identified by Clance and Imes in 1978 in a study with high-achieving women and has since been found among other professionals. Studies regarding IP are limited in nursing and among nursing students.
Purpose: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the prevalence of IP among senior baccalaureate nursing (BSN) students at a public central Texas university immediately prior to graduation.
Methods: Senior BSN students were given an anonymous survey utilizing the Clance Impostor Phenomenon Scale.
Results: Of the 86 senior BSN students, 82.5% completed the anonymous survey. Among students, 45.1% experienced moderate IP, 46.5% experienced frequent IP, and 8.5% experienced intense IP.
Conclusions: The incidence of IP was higher than expected. This study has implications for the future of nursing, including academic retention and postgraduation performance.
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