Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Nurses Professional Values Scale-3.

Background And Purpose: The Nurses Professional Values Scale-3 (NPVS-3) is an instrument derived from the American Nurses Association Code designed to measure nurses' professional values. The purpose of this study was to examine its psychometric properties.

Methods: A random sample of 1,139 baccalaureate nursing students, graduate nursing students, and practicing nurses participated.

Development and psychometric evaluation of the Nurses Professional Values Scale--Revised.

The Nurses Professional Values Scale--Revised (NPVS-R) is an instrument derived from the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics for Nurses designed to measure nurses' professional values. The purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the NPVS-R in a random sample of baccalaureate and master's students and practicing nurses. The NPVS-R, a 26-item Likert-scale format instrument, was tested on 782 subjects.

Nursing professional values: validation of a scale in a Spanish context.

Purpose: To validate culturally the "Nursing Professional Values Scale: NPVS-R" for use in Spain.

Methods: We used the forward and backward translation method with complementary qualitative methodology. We first formed discussion groups to detect cultural differences, then set up a multidisciplinary group to ascertain the equivalence or discrepancies between the English and Spanish versions and to decide on the final pre-test version.

The process of empowerment: a parish nurse perspective.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to describe the services of parish nurse empowerment, of client empowerment and empowerment outcomes for nurses and clients.

Method: A sample of 28 parish nurses participated in one of three focus groups. Based on analysis of qualitative data from focus group discussions, empowerment themes were identified for nurses and clients.

A university-wide health fair: a health promotion clinical practicum.

Can sophomore baccalaureate students in their first clinical experience develop a health promotion activity to meet the needs of a university community? The authors describe how students, focusing on wellness and the nursing process, developed a university-wide health fair; the learning experiences, both planned and serendipitous; the importance of collaboration in health promotion and disease prevention activities; and the promotion of nursing's presence on a university campus.

Professional values: key to professional development.

Humanistic nursing care requires application of not only cognitive and psychomotor learning, but also affective skill development. The nursing profession has focused on cognitive and psychomotor domain learning. However, knowledge in all three domains is essential for full professional development and, thus, socialization into the profession.

Parish nurse practice with client aggregates.

The purpose of this study was to describe 1 aspect of parish nurses' practice: working with client aggregates. Nineteen parish nurses practicing in 22 faith communities collected data using 2 standardized nursing classification systems--North American Nurses Diagnosis Association Taxonomy and Nursing Intervention Classification. Nurses recorded 77 group encounters for services provided over a 5-month period.