The Professional Behavior of Nurses: A Sample from Turkey*
Abstract
Aim: The aim of study conducted was to define the level of professionalism of nurses through descriptive study design.
Materials and Methods: It was carried out between July 2015 and January 2016 at nine hospitals in the center of a province. The study population was 1358 nurses, of which 718 nurses volunteered to join the study. The Behavioral Inventory Form for Professionalism in Nursing was utilized as a data collection tool. It has nine subscales.
Results: Nearly all participants were female staff nurses, and fifty percent of them worked at state hospitals. Nearly half of them had a baccalaureate degree. Their clinical experience was mostly in medical-surgical nursing. Overall, the nurses’ professionalism scores were low in this study. Theory development use and evaluation, competence, and continuing education subscales were highest, and publication, research development, use and evaluation had the lowest scores. There was a statistically significant difference between education levels, hospitals where the nurse works, age, working experience, and current position with the total score of professionalism.
Conclusions: Having a master’s degree in nursing, being between age 26-30, and having more working experience positively affected professionalism.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Clinical Sciences
Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
June 21, 2021
Submission Date
March 3, 2021
Acceptance Date
May 6, 2021
Published in Issue
Year 2021 Volume: 4 Number: 2