“Nurses Professional Values Scale-Three”

A Validation Study Among Italian Nurses and Nursing Students

Dellafiore, Federica PhD, RN
Grugnetti, Anna Maria PhD, RN
Caruso, Rosario PhD, RN
Prinzivalli, Giuseppe MSN, RN
Luca, Michele MSN, RN
Grugnetti, Giuseppina RN, MSN
Belloni, Silvia MSN, RN
Magon, Arianna MSN, RN
Arrigoni, Cristina MSc, RN

Health Professions Research and Development Unit, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Milano, Italy
Health department, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
Health Professions Research and Development Unit, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Milano, Italy
Neonatal intensive care unit, Hospital Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
Department of Surgical Sciences, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
Nursing Office, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
Humanitas Clinical and Research Center-IRCCS-, Via Manzoni 56, 20089 Rozzano, Milan, Italy
Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
Health Professions Research and Development Unit, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Milano, Italy
Department of Public Health, Experimental and Forensic Medicine, Section of Hygiene, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Correspondence regarding this article should be directed to Rosario Caruso, PhD, RN, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Head of Health Professions Research and Development Unit, Via Agadir, 20-24, 20097 San Donato Milanese (Mi). E-mail: [email protected]

Journal of Nursing Measurement 29(3):p 476-490, December 01, 2021. | DOI: 10.1891/JNM-D-20-00030

Background and Purpose

The assessment of nurses' professional values (NPVs) in Italian nurses and students is undermined by the unavailability of validated measurements. Therefore, this study aimed at providing the validation of the “Nurses Professional Values Scale-Three” (NPVS-3) in its Italian version (I-NPVS-3).

Methods

The study had a multiphase design: (a) cultural and linguistic validation; (b) content and face validity; (c) construct validity.

Results

I-NPVS-3 showed adequate content validity. Confirmatory factor analysis models supported the three-factorial structure of the I-NPVS-3 (i.e., caring, activism, and professionalism) in explaining data obtained from nurses and nursing students. Furthermore, each domain showed adequate internal consistency.

Conclusions

I-NPVS-3 showed evidence of validity and reliability, being useful for assessing NPVs for educational and research purposes among Italian nurses and nursing students.