Professional and ethical values in Nursing practice: An Indian Perspective

Objective. This study was carried out to examine professional and ethical values related to the profession from nurses' perspectives. Methods. This was a cross-sectional survey carried out among 124 randomly selected nurses working at a tertiary care hospital in South India. The data was collec...

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Published in:Investigación y Educación en Enfermería 2021, Vol.39 (2)
Main Authors: Poreddi, Vijayalakshmi, Narayanan, Athira, Thankachan, Athira, Joy, Binila, Awungshi, Changhorla, SaiNikhil Reddy, S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
cross
Cross-sectional studies
estudios transversales
estudos transversais
ethics
ethics, nursing
India
Medical ethics
Nurses
Nursing
Nursing care
Original
profesionalismo
Professional ethics
Professional practice
professionalism
profissionalismo
sectional studies
social values
valores sociais
valores sociales
ética em enfermagem
ética en enfermería
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Summary:Objective. This study was carried out to examine professional and ethical values related to the profession from nurses' perspectives. Methods. This was a cross-sectional survey carried out among 124 randomly selected nurses working at a tertiary care hospital in South India. The data was collected using Nursing Professional Values scale (NPVS-3). This tool consisted of 28 items to assess nurses’ professional values in three domains namely; Caring (10 items), activism(10items), and professionalism (8items). The maximum range of scores is 28–140. The higher the score, the stronger the nurse’s professional value orientation. Results. The mean total score of the Professional Value scale was high (121.07±15.32). The mean score of the participants was higher in the caring domain (44.02±5.75) than activism (42.19±6.33) and professionalism domains (34.86±4.27). Pearson correlational analysis revealed that nurses with less experience had greater mean professional values score than nurses with higher experience (p
ISSN:0120-5307
2216-0280
2216-0280
DOI:10.17533/udea.iee.v39n2e12