title: Registered nurses' willingness to serve populations on the periphery of society.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To (a) determine the relative combined contributions of age, highest level of education, gender, and nursing certification on registered nurses' values, and (b) to identify the relative combined contributions of age, highest level of education, gender, nursing certification, and values on registered nurses' willingness to serve underserved and disenfranchised populations.
  
  
  METHODS
  Survey.
  
  
  METHODS
  Web-based anonymous survey containing the AACN Values QuestionnaireNurse, the Willingness to Serve the Underserved and Disenfranchised Scale, and a demographic questionnaire were used to assess the meaning that participants attach to seven values; the willingness of participants to care for members of diverse groups; and participant demographic information. Data analysis was accomplished using regression analyses with a convenience sample of 128.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Age and highest level of education showed significant combined contributions to the values scores; however, these variables, including values, were not significant in predicting nurses' willingness to serve underserved and disenfranchised populations.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Demographic characteristics (age and level of education) showed limited influence on values, but no variables included in this study were significantly associated with registered nurses' willingness to serve populations on the periphery of society.
authors.affiliation: Florida State University, Tallahassee 32306, USA. crnmaze@comcast.net
authors.forename: Claire D Martino
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Maze
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000533:Altruism; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008008:Licensure, Nursing; D008297:Male; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D035863:Moral Development; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D011287:Prejudice; D016079:Refusal to Treat; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012951:Socialization; D013240:Stereotyping; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D035862:Vulnerable Populations