Nurses’ professional values on patient care provisions and decisions

Abstract

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.