Validity and reliability assessment: Nursing Professional Values Scale-Three (NPVS-3) for Brazil

• Published in: Teaching and learning in nursing 2023-10, Vol.18 (4), p.e205-e211
• Main Authors: Rached, Chennyfer Dobbins Abi, Almeida, Ariani Aparecida Rodrigues, Crescente, Nicole Yamada, Mira, Vera Lúcia, Santos, Julia do Nascimento, Ferreira, Victoria Christine Gomes, Domercant, Herline
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Ethics; Nursing; Nursing education; Reproducibility of results; Validation
• ISSN: 1557-3087; 1557-2013
• DOI: 10.1016/j.teln.2023.06.021

•This study validated the Nurses Professional Values Scale-Three (NPVS-3) for Brazil.•The NPVS-3 is based on the American Nurses Association's code of ethics for nurses.•The NPVS-3 measures nurses' values on Caring, Activism, and Professionalism dimensions. To perform the translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the Nurses Professional Values Scale-Three (NPVS-3) and to verify the psychometric properties of the translated and adapted instrument. The study was divided into three stages: (1) cultural and linguistic validation; (2) content and face validity; and (3) construct validity. The translation was performed in stages, including translation, reverse translation, and committee review. The translated scale was applied to 337 nursing students and 123 nurses. The Cronbach coefficient was used to analyze internal consistency and confirmatory factor analysis was performed to assess the construct validity of the three-domain model of the NPVS-3. The Cronbach's alpha values for Caring (0.795), Activism (0.882), and Professionalism (0.699) were adequate. The construct validity was confirmed by confirmatory factor analysis, which identified the three-factor model as the original NPVS-3. The Brazilian version of the NPVS-3 has adequate validity and is effective in assessing the professional values of nurses and nursing students in Brazil.