Assessment of Professional Values in Newly Graduated Nurses

Elmallah, Waad Mohamed; Elleithy, Nancy Sabry; Huseein, Azza Hassan

doi:10.21608/asalexu.2025.450079

Assessment of Professional Values in Newly Graduated Nurses

Document Type : Research articles

Authors

¹ Nursing Specialist B.Sc. in Nursing, Damanhur Chest Diseases Hospital

² Assistant Professor Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing Alexandria University

³ Professor Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University

10.21608/asalexu.2025.450079

Abstract

Background: Nurses’ professional values are essential in interacting with patients
and delivering an ethical and high-quality nursing care. Understanding nursing
professional values is crucial in understanding professional boundaries, ethical
decision making, and commitment of nurses to their duties. Aim: Assessment of
the professional values importance as perceived by newly graduated nurses.
Setting: The study was conducted in critical units at Alexandria Main University
Hospital, Egypt. Subjects: A sample of 287 newly graduated nurses were selected
conveniently. Tool: Nursing Professional Values Scale (NPVS-3) Results: The study
revealed that most of newly graduated nurses (91.3%) had high level of perception
of importance of professional values with mean ± SD (121.72±12.4). Conclusion:
Newly graduated nurses hold high levels of how they perceive professional values.
Recommendations: Conduct workshops for practical application of nursing
professional values in clinical settings.

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