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Nursing professionalism relies on ethics codes, like the American Nurses Association's (ANA) Code of Ethics, to instill core values. However, defining, measuring, and globally implementing these values presents significant challenges.

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  • Nursing Ethics
  • Professionalism Studies
  • Sociology of Professions

Background:

  • The American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics is a cornerstone for professional nursing values in the U.S.
  • Nursing employs specific strategies to integrate professional values into its discourse.
  • The development and global reach of the Nurses Professional Values Scale are relevant to this discussion.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine nursing's endeavors in defining, embedding, and quantifying professional values.
  • To analyze the complexities and challenges associated with establishing and measuring nursing's core values.
  • To critically evaluate the concept of professional values within nursing, considering theoretical frameworks.

Main Methods:

  • Historical review of the ANA Code of Ethics.
  • Literature review of articles on professional nursing values.
  • Examination of the development and globalization of the Nurses Professional Values Scale.
  • Theoretical analysis using Bourdieu's concept of 'playing the game.'

Main Results:

  • Defining and reinforcing professional nursing values reveals ambiguities regarding core tenets and the ideal 'good nurse'.
  • Significant difficulties exist in measuring and evaluating these professional values effectively.
  • The globalization of nursing raises concerns about the imposition of Western values, a phenomenon termed 'colonization of Western values.'

Conclusions:

  • Efforts to define and instill professional nursing values are time-consuming and complex, indicating their vexing nature.
  • The very concepts of 'profession' and its associated values warrant critical scrutiny and suspicion.
  • Further examination is needed to understand the implications of value systems in a globalized nursing context.