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  • Nursing
  • Healthcare Ethics
  • Sociology of Professions

Background:

  • Nurses face value conflicts in complex healthcare settings, impacting practice.
  • Limited research exists on the development of nurses' personal-professional values.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the foundational value development process in nurses.
  • To understand the basis of nurses' value systems.

Main Methods:

  • Constructivist grounded theory methodology.
  • Data collected via focus groups, individual interviews, anecdotes, and reflective stories.
  • Fifty-four nurses from diverse Indonesian settings participated.

Main Results:

  • Foundational values are acquired via family, professional education, and organizational reinforcement.
  • Values are framed by religious, humanity, and professionalism perspectives.
  • Values are transferred through formal/informal interactions, including social media.

Conclusions:

  • Values and ethics are integral to nursing practice, with some values learned through a 'hidden curriculum'.
  • Value system development is a complex process involving attainment, enactment, and socialization.
  • Key components include value sources, foundational pools, perspectives, structures, and transference methods.