The role of workplace social capital on the relationship between perceived stress and professional identity among clinical nurses during the <scp>COVID</scp>‐19 outbreak

Abstract

In the early stages of the COVID-19 outbreak, workplace social capital among the investigated clinical nurses failed to buffer the negative impact of perceived stress on professional identity, but it did play a part in mediating perceived stress and professional identity. A healthy workplace should be provided to clinical nurses to improve their professional identity, while lowering perceived stress.