RT Article
T1 Changes in Taiwanese nursing student values during the educational experience
JF Nursing ethics
VO 17
IS 5
SP 646
OP 654
A1 Lin, Yu-Hua
A1 Wang, Liching Sung
A1 Yarbrough, Susan
A1 Alfred, Danita
A1 Martin, Pam
LA English
PB Sage
YR 2010
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1779448554
AB Professional values are standards for action and provide a framework for evaluating behavior. This study examined changes in the professional values of nursing students between their entrance to and graduation from an undergraduate nursing program. A pre- and post-test design was employed. A convenience sample of 94 students from a university in Taiwan was surveyed. Data were collected from students during the sophomore and senior years. Total scores obtained for the revised Nurses Professional Values Scale during the senior year of the nursing program were significantly higher than upon program entry. The ‘caring’ subscale was scored highest at both program entry and graduation, but the pre- and post-test scores were not significantly different from each other. The students scored significantly higher on the ‘professionalism’ and ‘activism’ subscales at post-test than they did at pre-test. Professional values changed in a positive direction between the beginning of the student nurses’ educational experience and their graduation. The results supported the premise that education had a positive effect on these students’ professional values but causality could not be assumed.
K1 Undergraduate students
K1 professional values
K1 nursing program
DO 10.1177/0969733010373011