The Relation between Professional Values and Nursing Practice Environment
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Nursing and health Science - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 6
Abstract
Today, nurses are required to be aware and have knowledge concerning professional values and standards to provide safe and high-quality ethical care. Nursing professional values are considered to be vital to professional nursing practice. Especially, Medical-Surgical Nurses are obligated to ensure that care provided is go in the same line with the professional values and engage in ongoing professional development to adapt with new technological advances. For this reason they need to practice in a healthy work environment. Aim: This study aims to assess professional values and nursing practice environment as perceived by MedicalSurgical Nurses. Also, determine the relation between professional values and nursing practice environment. Method: the study was conducted in all Medical-Surgical Units at one of Alexandria University Hospitals. A convenient sample was elicited including all nurses working in the previous mentioned setting (N = 200).Two tools were adopted and used to collect the necessary data; tool (1): The Nurses Professional Values Scale revised (NPVS-R) and tool (2): Revised Nursing Work Index (NWI-R). Results: The findings of the study clarified that the nurses perceived moderate mean percent score of overall nursing professional values and low mean percent score of overall nursing practice environment. There was a positive significant relation between professional values and nursing practice environment. Also, approximately 65% of the explained variance of nursing professional values is related to nursing practice environment. Recommendation: the findings of this study lead to the following recommendations; provide educational program to Medical-Surgical Nurses to update and increase their knowledge about professional values. Also, the hospital administrator should enhance nurses’ participation in hospital affaires through encouraging their participation in decision making, providing adequate resources, encouraging and sustaining collegial relationship. In addition, develop skills for their leaders through conducting leadership training program.
Authors and Affiliations
Nadia Hassan Ali Awad, HodaAbdouAbd El-Monem El-Deeb, Wafaa Hassan Ali Awad
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