Effect of Management Program on Nurse Interns’ Awareness and Use of Professional Nursing Values Dimensions at Intensive Care Units

Alsayad, Abeer A.; Shabaan, Fouada M.; El-syaid, Karima A.; SHoker, Maha SHoker E.

doi:10.21608/tsnj.2022.217965

Effect of Management Program on Nurse Interns’ Awareness and Use of Professional Nursing Values Dimensions at Intensive Care Units

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Resposible for training in the health administration, El-Mahalla El-Kubra , Egypt

² Professor of Nursing Services Administration, Faculty of Nursing , Tanta University, Egypt

³ Assist. Professorof Nursing Services Administration, Faculty of Nursing , Tanta University, Egypt.

10.21608/tsnj.2022.217965

Abstract

Background:Professional values are the primary standards that any profession must have.It is compulsory for the NIs to have knowledge and awareness concerning professional values as standards to provide safe and high-quality ethical care. Lack of knowledge regarding the importance of professional values makes it harder for the nurses to take decisions in case of any ethical issue.Aim:The aim of the study was to identify effect of management program on NIs awareness and use of professional nursing value dimension at intensive care units. Subjects and Method: All (n=160) NIs making their internship at chest, cardiology, neonatal and neurology ICU. They (40) were from each ICU under study.Setting: The study was conducted in four ICUs of Tanta University Main Hospitals at neonates, cardiology, chest and neurology. Tool: Three tools were used; (1) NIsawareness about professional nursing value scale (2) NIs knowledge questionnaire (3) NIs use of professional nursing values dimensions (practice). Result:Preprogram range (72.5%-63.13%) of NIs showed high level of caring, justice, activism, professionalisms and trust dimensions of professional value, changed post program to rang (95.63%-91.25%) were at high level for all dimensions of professional value awareness. only (15%) of NIs had good level of total knowledge, while 28.1% had fair levels and 56.9% had poor levelPreprogram. But the majority (82.5%) of NIs got good level of total knowledge about professional nursing value post program. NIs 55% had unsatisfactory use of professional nursing value preprogram, changed to be the majority (91.25%) of them had satisfactory use of professional value post program. Conclusion: The NIs of ICUs at Tanta University Main Hospitals demanding for management program to develop their awareness, knowledge, practice and use of professional nursing value dimensions. Recommendation: Conducting pre-employment educational training workshops for NIs pre internship year.