title: Factors influencing development of professional values among nursing students.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the professional values of Turkish nursing students, and to explore the relationships between their characteristics.
  
  
  METHODS
  The cross-sectional study participants consisted of 416 nursing students who were studying in a nursing faculty in Western Turkey. A questionnaire was used to identify socio-demographic and educational characteristics and the Nursing Professional Values Scale- Revised (NPVS-R) was used for this study..
  
  
  RESULTS
  The total mean score of the NPVS-R was found to be 99.45±1.96, and items mean score was 3.82±0.62. The NPVS-R score was significantly higher in students who were female, and who chose their profession willingly, had information about values, and who were members of a professional organization.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The students were found to have strong professional values, and professional values affected some of the personal and educational characteristics of nursing students.
authors.affiliation: Renginar Ozturk Donmez, PhD, RN. Department of Public Health Nursing, Nursing Faculty of Ege University, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Renginar Ozturk
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Donmez
authors.affiliation: Suheyla Ozsoy, Professor, Department of Public Health Nursing, Nursing Faculty of Ege University, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Suheyla
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozsoy
keywords: Education; Nursing; Professional Value; Student