Open AccessNurses’ professional values on patient care provisions and decisions
Author(s) -
Farhan Al Shammari,
Rizal Angelo N. Grande,
Daisy A. Vicencio,
Saud Al Mutairi
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of nursing education and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1925-4059
pISSN - 1925-4040
DOI - 10.5430/jnep.v7n9p78
Subject(s) - ethnic group , government (linguistics) , value (mathematics) , educational attainment , unit (ring theory) , nursing , descriptive statistics , psychology , position (finance) , rank (graph theory) , family medicine , patient care , descriptive research , medicine , political science , sociology , business , social science , philosophy , linguistics , statistics , mathematics education , mathematics , finance , combinatorics , machine learning , computer science , law
Objective: To determine the relationship of professional value system of nurses to their duties and functions specifically on patient care provisions and decisions among selected government hospitals in Hail city, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.Methods: The study utilized a Descriptive Correlational method of research inquiry where a 26-item questionnaire on nurse professional value system (NPVSR) were distributed to 150 staff nurses employed in 3 government hospitals in the City of Hail after which, their responses were correlated using Pearson r against their demographic profiles such as gender, age, religion, ethnicity, educational attainment, years of practice, current unit or ward assignment and current rank or position.Results: Based on the responses of the 150 participants, the results showed that there was no significant relationship that exists between their demographic profiles to their value systems on different patient care provisions and decisions during their clinical duties and employment as staff nurses.Conclusions: The study implicated that the value systems of the participants are not dependent or influenced largely or directly by their gender, age, religion, ethnicity, years of practice, educational attainment, current ward or unit assignment and current rank or position. The data further revealed that for this specific group of participants, their professional value system may in some other ways influenced by other factors not mentioned or included in their demographic profiles for the study.