title: The Italian validation of the Salford-Scott Nursing Values Questionnaire.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To properly direct nursing training and to improve the professional practice to become more effective, it is important to understand students' values. Literature review has shown that there have been changes in students' values in the last 20 years. In contemporary students, a general decrease in altruism has been observed, but also a larger appreciation for honesty toward patients has been declared. The analyzed literature did not find validated tools available in Italian that explore personal and professional values of nursing students.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study was an Italian linguistic and cultural adaptation of a research tool.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The authors aimed to validate, for the Italian context, the Salford-Scott Nursing Values Questionnaire, enhanced by Johnson to explore the nursing profession's values.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Beaton Model was used as well as Valmi's. These models require five phases, with the goal of producing a pre-final version of the instrument for it to then be administered to a sample of the target and expert population.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study was approved by the Council of the Nursing Degree University course of the Modena and Reggio Emilia University, Reggio Emilia site, and the identity of the subjects was protected at every moment of the testing.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Face validation was achieved since the clarity percentile for each item was 100%. Content validity was also reached, measured from the content validity index and the scale validity index. The study has confirmed the reliability of the instrument's internal consistence with a value of Cronbach's alpha on 0.95 of total of items. The reliability of the test-retest confirms the stability of the instrument in time (r = 0.908; p = 0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study concludes that the instrument is ready to be administered to the target population, a sample group of nursing students.
authors.affiliation: Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy.
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mecugni
authors.affiliation: Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria di, Modena, Italy.
authors.forename: Patrizia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Albinelli
authors.affiliation: Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy.
authors.forename: Joellemarie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pellegrin
authors.affiliation: Azienda Ospedaliera S. Maria Nuova, Italy finotto.stefano@asmn.re.it.
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Finotto
mesh_terms: D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D007802:Language; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D054928:Validation Studies as Topic
keywords: Education; instrument; nursing; students; values