title: Professional values in Korean undergraduate nursing students.
abstract: Developing professional values among undergraduate nursing students is important since such values are a significant predictor of quality care, clients' recognition, and therefore nurses' job satisfaction. This study explored South Korean nursing students' perception of nursing professional values (NPV) and compared the NPV scores between groups according to participants' demographic characteristics. The study participants comprised of 529 students, mostly female (96.4%), with a mean age of 22.29years, sampled from six universities throughout the country. The NPV scores, measured with the 29-item Likert scale developed by Yeun et al. (2005), were significantly higher in students who entered nursing schools following their aptitude or desire for professional job than in those who entered the schools just because their entrance exam scores were sufficient. The NPV scores were also higher in students who were planning to pursue graduate study than in those who had not yet decided. The NPV scores were significantly different between the six regions, suggesting needs of in-depth studies to understand the underlying reasons. The NPV scores were not correlated, at the .05 level of significance, with academic year, gender, or academic performance.
authors.affiliation: Seoul National University, South Korea. ksbang@ajou.ac.kr
authors.forename: Kyung Sook
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Bang
authors.forename: Jeong Hee
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Myung Hee
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Jun
authors.forename: Hyun Sook
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Haeng Mi
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Son
authors.forename: Su Jeong
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Mi Kyung
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.forename: Ji Soo
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003625:Data Collection; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D004521:Educational Measurement; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D056910:Republic of Korea; D012933:Social Identification; D012938:Social Perception; D012945:Social Values; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult