Comparison of professional values of Taiwanese and United States nursing students

Abstract

Globalization is a part of modern life. Sharing a common set of professional nursing values is critical in this global environment. The purpose of this research was to examine the professional values of nursing students from two distinct cultural perspectives. Nurse educators in Taiwan partnered with nurse educators in the United States to compare professional values of their respective graduating nursing students. The American Nurses Association Code of Ethics served as the philosophical framework for this examination. The convenience sample comprised 94 Taiwanese students and 168 US students. Both groups reported high scores on an overall measure of values. They did differ substantially on the relative importance of individual items related to advocacy, competence, education, self-evaluation, professional advancement, and professional associations. Global implications for the collaborative practice of nurses from different cultures working together can be improved by first recognizing and then attending to these differences in value priorities.

Professional values of baccalaureate nursing students in Jamaica

“…[40] Students in the oldest age group scored highest in Professionalism (19.14 ± 1.07). These findings were congruent with another study [12] depicting the age of the student had some implications for the responses given. Older participants responded more positively to items of Trust while on the other hand, scoring lowest on four of five items in Activism.…”

“…These findings are similar to a comparative study in the United States of America and Taiwan where culture was identified as a determinant in the value priority and some items were rated more highly than others. [12] New graduates, graduate students as well as seasoned nursing professionals were not included in this study and may have been able to highlight a different perspective on media reports [1,2,25,26] on the professional values of nurses in Jamaica.…”

“…It also influences the development and prioritization of these nursing professional values and despite nursing values being the same across all jurisdictions, priority values differ according to culture. [12] Values studied in the Japanese and American cultures determined that despite having similar values in both cultures, each country had values that were unique to them. [6] This was supported by another study that identified unique cultural indicators in the Japanese culture.…”

Nurses' Professional Values and Affecting Factors

“…[24] Alfred ve ark.nın Tayvanlı ve Amerikalı hemşirelik öğrenci-leri ile yaptıkları çalışmada Tayvanlı öğrencilerin hemşirelik profesyonel değerler ölçeği puan ortalaması 104.27±16.81, Amerikalı olanların ise 106.16±12.93 olduğu belirlenmiştir. [25] Literatürde kültürün profesyonel değerlerin gelişiminde etkili bir faktör olduğu belirtilmektedir. [14] Çalışmamızda hemşirelerin cinsiyet, yaş, medeni durum, eğitim durumu ve iş deneyimi gibi faktörlerin profesyonel değerleri etkilemediği saptanmıştır.…”

A Study of Nurses’ Perception of Professional Values in the University Hospitals Affiliated with Jahrom University of Medical Sciences, 2015

“…In a study, Alfred et al (2011) compared Taiwanese and American nursing students in their attitudes toward professional values:Taiwanese students were found to consider the following caring-related factors asthe most important indexes of caring: keeping patients' secrets confidential, respecting patients' privacyand observing the principles of honesty and respect for others 18 . The results of Alfred's study are consistent with the findings of the present study where the subjects were found to consider the indexes of trust as very important.…”