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Psychol."],"abstract":"<jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Purpose<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To identify the latent profiles of nursing interns\u2019 Perceived Inadequate Qualifications and to analyze their influencing factors.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A convenience sample of 579 nursing interns from a medical college and a health vocational college in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China, was surveyed between May and September 2025. Data were collected Using a general information questionnaire, the Perceived Inadequate Qualifications Scale, psychological capital Questionnaire, Statistical analysis contained latent profile analysis, and unordered multinomial logistic regression analysis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The Perceived Inadequate Qualifications of nursing interns were categorized into four types: \u201cthe Severe Type\u201d (22.3%), \u201cthe Moderate Type\u201d (45.4%), \u201cthe Mild Type\u201d (22.5%), \u201cCompetent Qualification Type\u201d (9.8%). Significant differences (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f&amp;lt;\u202f0.05) were observed across these four categories regarding reasons for choosing nursing as a profession, attitudes toward the nursing profession, occurrence of nursing errors during clinical practice, perceived psychological stress levels, satisfaction with knowledge and skills acquired during practice, ability to effectively integrate theoretical knowledge with clinical practice, and psychological capital.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The Perceived Inadequate Qualifications of nursing interns exhibit heterogeneity.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Implications for nursing education<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Nursing educators and administrators should develop targeted clinical preceptorship models based on the latent profiles. 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