Assessment of Professional Values in Newly Graduated Nurses

Background: Nurses’ professional values are essential in interacting with patientsand delivering an ethical and high-quality nursing care. Understanding nursingprofessional values is crucial in understanding professional boundaries, ethicaldecision making, and commitment of nurses to their duties. Aim: Assessment ofthe professional values importance as perceived by newly graduated nurses.Setting: The study was conducted in critical units at Alexandria Main UniversityHospital, Egypt. Subjects: A sample of 287 newly graduated nurses were selectedconveniently. Tool: Nursing Professional Values Scale (NPVS-3) Results: The studyrevealed that most of newly graduated nurses (91.3%) had high level of perceptionof 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 nursingprofessional values in clinical settings.