Examining professional values among nursing students during education: A comparative study.
nursing students
professional values
sociodemographic characteristics
Journal
Nursing forum
ISSN: 1744-6198
Titre abrégé: Nurs Forum
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0401006
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Nov 2020
Nov 2020
Historique:
received:
12
03
2020
revised:
06
05
2020
accepted:
14
05
2020
pubmed:
2
6
2020
medline:
23
6
2021
entrez:
2
6
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
For nursing students, close monitoring of the appropriate development of their professional values is an important educational objective, since it may influence crucial areas such as safety and quality of care. Research aims: first, to find development of specific professional values of students at different educational stages characterized by variation in learning methods; second, to examine professional values of nursing students related to their sociodemographic characteristics. The research consisted 261 students that were were divided into three groups based on educational level: novice, advanced, and senior students. Data were collected using the Revised Nurses' Professional Values Scale. The research showed statistically significant differences were found between three groups with different levels of education and in domains of professional values such as caring, activism, and justice. However, no statistically significant differences between nursing student sociodemographic characteristics such as age, gender, status, and education and their professional values overall. It can be concluded that nursing education has a significant effect on development of professional values, especially in the basic training phase, and there is a need to emphasize the application and practice of nursing values, particularly caring, activism, and justice, in theoretical courses.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
For nursing students, close monitoring of the appropriate development of their professional values is an important educational objective, since it may influence crucial areas such as safety and quality of care. Research aims: first, to find development of specific professional values of students at different educational stages characterized by variation in learning methods; second, to examine professional values of nursing students related to their sociodemographic characteristics.
METHODS
METHODS
The research consisted 261 students that were were divided into three groups based on educational level: novice, advanced, and senior students. Data were collected using the Revised Nurses' Professional Values Scale.
RESULTS
RESULTS
The research showed statistically significant differences were found between three groups with different levels of education and in domains of professional values such as caring, activism, and justice. However, no statistically significant differences between nursing student sociodemographic characteristics such as age, gender, status, and education and their professional values overall.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
It can be concluded that nursing education has a significant effect on development of professional values, especially in the basic training phase, and there is a need to emphasize the application and practice of nursing values, particularly caring, activism, and justice, in theoretical courses.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
589-594Informations de copyright
© 2020 Wiley Periodicals LLC.
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