Professional Values of Clinical Manager Nurses and Affecting Factors

Abstract

Aim: This study aimed to define the professional values of clinical manager nurses and the factors affecting these values. Method: This descriptive study was conducted with 98 clinical manager nurses working in two university hospitals and a state hospital in a city center in Turkey. Two forms were used while collecting the data for the study. The first of these forms is the personal information form structured by the researchers and the second form is the Nurses' Professional Values Scale. Data were collected by questionnaire method between November 2018 and January 2019. Verbal consent was obtained from the participants. The data were analyzed using SPSS 24.0 statistical package program. Frequency distributions, descriptive statistics, independent sample t-test, one-way ANOVA, Tukey, Mann-Whitney U, and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used in the analysis. Results: The mean age of the clinical manager nurses participating in the study was 40.09+-5.69, most of them were female and had a bachelor's degree. The total mean score of the clinical manager nurses from the Nurses' Professional Values Scale was found to be 123.23+-18.54. The highest mean score was found in the human dignity sub-dimension. The lowest average was found in the autonomy sub-dimension. It was assessed that the relationship between the professional values of the nurses and their personal and professional characteristics was affected only by the age factor. Conclusion: It was found that the professional values of the clinical manager nurses' were at a good level. The Nurses' Professional Values Scale total average score of the clinical manager nurses showed a significant difference according to age.

Keywords

• clinical manager nurse
• nursing management
• value
• professional values