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Abstract
Nowadays, rapid Changes in value of the society cause nursing to encounter more ethical and philosophical challenges at providing care to patients which also create new nursing environments that need professional nursing. Having a strong professional identity requires the nurses to adopt these core values in every dimension of health care as they practice to improve patient outcomes and promote the standards of the nursing profession and competences. There are indications that professional identity can have a largely positive influence on the clinical competences of health care, as follows: professional values and beliefs held by nurse can guide their thinking, actions, and interactions with patients and their families (tinkler, 2018). Furthermore, Clinical competencies and professional identity among nurses are important requirement for the provision of safe and effective patient’s care. In the time of unexpected change in health care, delivering on the promise of safe, high quality patient care requires a highly engaged and competent team. The strategic and ethical imperative to ensure a competent, compassionate workforce consistently delivering highly reliable healthcare is paramount. Nurses play a critical role in the success of patient experience and positive outcomes. In increasingly complex clinical settings, the consistent performance of nurses and all health care professionals is essential for patient safety (Fudaka, 2018). Therefore, the present study aimed to determine the effect of professional identity on clinical competencies’ level among nurses in Menoufia University Hospital at Shebin El Kom.A descriptive correlational research design was used in conducting this study. A convenient sample of two hundred and fifty nurses was recruited from departments/units in Menoufia University Hospital at Shebin El-Kom. Data was collected using two instruments. The first instrument is Professional Identity Questionnaire (PIQ), which was developed by kabeel in 2004. It was used to determine the level of Professional identity among nurses. The scale consists of 56 items of 3 dimensions. The second instrument Clinical competencies instrument (CCI), which was developed by Schwirian (1978) to assess clinical competencies’ level of nurses. It consisted of 73 items; the scale is divided into seven categories and 4 points Likert. The study concluded that there were a moderate level of professional identity and very good level of clinical competencies among study sample. In addition, there was a high significant statistical positive correlation between the total score of professional identity and clinical competency among nurses. The study recommended that healthcare organization should develop a professional identity and clinical competencies’ culture among nurses by integrating these two concepts into the core values and implement it through strategic management, reinforce the team spirit, and lifelong learning among nursing graduates to promote professional identity and clinical competences throughout many careers.