Values identified in different groups of Air Force nurses.
Fundamental personal values are reflected in the choices and decisions made in every aspect of our lives. This descriptive study identified values held by a convenience sample of 224 Air Force nurses stationed at four U.S. Air Force medical facilities. Study participants identified seven of eight literature-supported values in the categories "important" or "very important" across the demographic factors of age, gender, educational level, military rank, marital status, and years of Air Force or civilian nursing experience. These seven values were ability utilization, achievement, altruism, autonomy, economic reward, economic security, and personal development. Personnel using this information may ease the transition process to military nursing, facilitate job placement to positions reflecting personally held values, and provide valuable insight for Air Force nurse recruiters who have limited knowledge of the nursing profession. In all, this would promote job satisfaction and Air Force nurse retention.
72d Medical Group/SGGP, 5700 Arnold, Building 5801, Tinker Air Force Base, OK 73145, USA.
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D000337:Aerospace Medicine; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002321:Career Choice; D002322:Career Mobility; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008888:Military Nursing; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000523:psychology* / Q000600:supply & distribution; D010560:Personnel Selection; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D012945:Social Values; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States