The importance of professional values from clinical nurses’ perspective in hospitals of a medical university in Iran
2023-09-12 12:14:59Today, nurses must have knowledge and awareness about occupational values as a standard for providing safe and high quality ethical care. Nurse awareness of expert values affects decision making and patient care. Therefore, this research aims to study the importance of professional values from the viewpoint of clinical nurse.
The current cross-sectional study was held in four educational hospitals in Kerman Medical College in Iran in 2016. Data was collected by Weis and Schank's Persian Care Professional Value Scale (NPVS-R). Sampling was done using stratified random sampling, and 250 clinical nurses participated in the study.
The results showed that the total professional value of the nurse was higher. (102.57 ± 11.94). From the perspective of a nurse, "confidentiality of patients" and "protection of patient's privacy" are more important, but "to recognize the role of expert associations in the formation of health policy" and "participate in nursing research / Or implementation of research results suitable for practice is not so important. A statistically significant relationship was observed between the NPVS-R mean score and nurse age, occupational experience and participation in vocational ethics training (P <0.05).
Although the overall score related to recognition of professional values by clinical nurses is high, the significance of specific values is low. Designing educational programs is essential for new nurse's perceptions and understanding of the comprehensive importance of professional values resulting from new ethical issues. In addition, hybrid approach studies are recommended to design tools to evaluate the use of values in nursing practice.
RN, MS, CNS - BC, Marian Altman, Clinical Practice Specialist of the American Critical Clinic, says: The nurse nurse association (AACN). Naturally, care professionals who do not understand ethics can face higher risks and lead to disciplinary actions and medical malpractice lawsuits.
Today, nurses must have knowledge and awareness about occupational values as a standard for providing safe and high quality ethical care. Nurse awareness of expert values affects decision making and patient care. Therefore, this research aims to study the importance of professional values from the viewpoint of clinical nurse. The current cross-sectional study was held in four educational hospitals in Kerman Medical College in Iran in 2016. Data was collected by Weis and Schank's Persian Care Professional Value Scale (NPVS-R). Sampling was done using stratified random sampling, and 250 clinical nurses participated in the study.
Professional value of Iran Medical University Hospital from the viewpoint of clinical nurse
Although the overall score related to recognition of professional values by clinical nurses is high, the significance of specific values is low. Designing educational programs is essential for new nurse's perceptions and understanding of the comprehensive importance of professional values resulting from new ethical issues. In addition, hybrid approach studies are recommended to design tools to evaluate the use of values in nursing practice.
Professional value of Iran Medical University Hospital from the viewpoint of clinical nurse