Professional and ethical values in Nursing practice: An Indian Perspective/Valores profesionales y eticos en la practica de la enfermeria: Una perspectiva india/Valores profissionais e eticos na pratica de enfermagem: uma perspectiva indiana

• Published in: Investigación y educación en enfermería 2021-05, Vol.39 (2)
• Main Authors: Poreddi, Vijayalakshmi, Narayanan, Athira, Thankachan, Athira, Joy, Binila, Awungshi, Changhorla, Reddy, SaiNikhil S
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 0120-5307
• DOI: 10.17533/udea.iee.v39n2e12

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 (10 items), 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 [+ or -] 15.32). The mean score of the participants was higher in the caring domain (44.02 [+ or -] 5.75) than activism (42.19 [+ or -] 6.33) and professionalism domains (34.86 [+ or -] 4.27). Pearson correlational analysis revealed that nurses with less experience had greater mean professional values score than nurses with higher experience (p