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The effects of nursing education on professional values: A longitudinal study
Filiz Kantek1, Ayla Kaya2, Nurdan Gezer3
1Faculty of Nursing, Departmant of Nursing Management, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey.
Background:
It is considered to be extremely important to ensure that nurses adopt professional values during their education in order to improve nursing practices and develop a professional identity.
Objectives:
The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of nursing education on development of professional values.
Design:
This study was designed as a longitudinal study.
Settings:
The study was conducted in a nursing department at a nursing school in the western Turkey.
Participants:
The population of the study consisted of nursing students who were enrolled in the nursing department in academic year of 2011-2012. The data of the study were collected from 59 first-year students in 2011 and 83 fourth-year students in 2015.
Methods:
The data of the study were collected using Personal Information Form and Nursing Professional Values Scale-NPVS. The participants responded to the same questionnaire in their first and fourth years in the department.
Results:
The scale mean score of the students in their first year was 3.44±0.635. The highest scores were obtained from the subscales of responsibility, security, and autonomy. Their scale mean score in their fourth year was 3.93±0.727. The highest scores were obtained from the subscales of dignity and autonomy. The difference between the mean scores was statistically significant (p=0.001).
Conclusions:
It was concluded that nursing education had a significant effect on development of professional values.
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