Table 2 NPVS-R item rank and mean scores in nurses
Dimension | Item | Rank | Mean Score | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Justice | Engage in ongoing self- evaluation | 19 | 3.71 | 0.80 |
Request consultation/collaboration when unable to meet patient needs | 12 | 4.00 | 0.69 | |
Seek additional education to update knowledge and skills | 8 | 4.15 | 0.79 | |
Accept responsibility and accountability for own practice | 4 | 4.33 | 0.68 | |
Maintain competency in area of practice | 5 | 4.30 | 0.72 | |
Trust | Protect health and safety of the public | 11 | 4.03 | 0.73 |
Promote equitable access to nursing and healthcare | 13 | 3.99 | 0.78 | |
Assume responsibility for meeting health needs of Culturally diverse population | 3 | 4.34 | 0.70 | |
Professionalism | Participate in peer review | 23 | 3.53 | 0.88 |
Establish standards as a guide for nursing practice | 18 | 3.73 | 0.83 | |
Promote and maintain standards where planned learning activities for students take place | 20 | 3.71 | 0.91 | |
Initiate actions to improve environments of practice | 14 | 3.91 | 0.84 | |
Activism | Participate in public policy decisions affecting distribution of resources | 24 | 3.53 | 0.96 |
Advance the profession through active involvement in health-related activities | 16 | 3.85 | 0.79 | |
Recognize role of professional nursing associations in shaping healthcare policy | 26 | 3.44 | 0.96 | |
Participate in nursing research and/or implement research findings appropriate to practice | 25 | 3.44 | 0.91 | |
Participate in activities of professional nursing associations | 22 | 3.58 | 1.56 | |
Caring | Protect moral and legal rights of patients | 6 | 4.22 | 0.75 |
Refuse to participate in care if in ethical opposition to own professional values | 9 | 4.15 | 0.87 | |
Act as a patient advocate | 10 | 4.08 | 0.79 | |
Provide care without prejudice to patients of varying Lifestyles | 15 | 3.89 | 0.86 | |
Safeguard patient’s right to privacy | 2 | 4.38 | 0.68 | |
Confront practitioners with questionable or inappropriate practice | 17 | 3.81 | 0.90 | |
Protect rights of participants in research | 21 | 3.68 | 0.83 | |
Practice guided by principles of fidelity and respect for person | 7 | 4.16 | 0.71 | |
Maintain confidentiality of patient | 1 | 4.54 | 0.64 | |
Total | 102.57 | 11.94 |