Allari Rabia S, Ismaile Samantha, Househ Mowafa
College of Nursing, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Saudi Arabia.
College of Public Health and Health Informatics, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Ministry of National Guard - Health Affairs, Saudi Arabia.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 2017;238:231-234.
Professional values are essential to nursing practice because they guide standards for working, provide a structure for evaluating behavior, and influence decisions making. The purpose of this study is to explore the perception of Saudi female nursing students on professional values and to assess the correlation between their perception of professional values in relation to their year of academic studies. We used a cross-sectional descriptive study where a survey was administered to 150 Saudi female nurses living in Riyadh. Results show that Saudi female nurses have a high perception of professional values relating to confidentiality, privacy, moral and legal rights, health and safety, and the work environment. Whereas Saudi nursing students have a low perception for participating in professional nursing activities, utilizing research in practice, peer review, public policy, and engaging in on-going self-evaluation. There was positive correlation between different professional values and academic years. The highest correlations were for the items related to caring and trust more than activism because nursing students at higher academic levels viewed the relationship with patients as more important than advancing health care systems through public policy, research, and professional organizations. In conclusion, nursing program administrators should put emphasis on improving the development of professional values through a role modeling approach to promote activism and professional values through the arrangement of meetings, exchange forums, and conferences with other nurses, managers, policy makers, innovators, and researchers within the nursing field.
专业价值观对护理实践至关重要，因为它们指导工作标准，为评估行为提供框架，并影响决策。本研究的目的是探讨沙特女性护理专业学生对专业价值观的认知，并评估她们对专业价值观的认知与学术学习年份之间的相关性。我们采用了横断面描述性研究，对居住在利雅得的150名沙特女性护士进行了调查。结果显示，沙特女性护士对与保密、隐私、道德和法律权利、健康与安全以及工作环境相关的专业价值观有较高认知。然而，沙特护理专业学生对参与专业护理活动、在实践中运用研究、同行评审、公共政策以及进行持续自我评估的认知较低。不同的专业价值观与学年之间存在正相关。与关爱和信任相关的项目相关性最高，而不是行动主义，因为更高学术水平的护理专业学生认为与患者的关系比通过公共政策、研究和专业组织推进医疗保健系统更重要。总之，护理项目管理人员应强调通过榜样示范的方法来改善专业价值观的发展，通过与护理领域内的其他护士、管理人员、政策制定者、创新者和研究人员安排会议、交流论坛和会议来促进行动主义和专业价值观。
