Examining the views of operating room nurses and physicians on the relationship between professional values and professional communication

Purpose Professional communication and professional values are two basic concepts in operating rooms and should be studied more closely in view of the nature of work and the high circulation of patients in operating rooms. Methods The present work is a descriptive-analytic study with a cross-sectional design. The sample was 603 operating room physicians and personnel selected from the public hospitals of Shiraz. The data collection instruments were the 41-item professional communication questionnaire and the 26-item professional values scale. Results The results showed that the operating room nurses and physicians perceived the status of professional communication and professional values to be satisfactory. As for professional communication, the participants’ perception of the domains of mutual respect and trust (p ≤ 0.001), teamwork (p ≤ 0.001), ethical competence (p ≤ 0.017), and workplace conflicts (p ≤ 0.001) was significant. As for professional values, only the dimension of care (p ≤ 0.016) was perceived to be significant. Moreover, a significant positive relationship was found to exist between professional communication and professional values (p ≤ 0.001). Conclusion Considering the significance of the concept of professional communication and its connection with professional values, it is recommended that operating room personnel and physicians receive systematic education about professional communication and the harms of destructive attitudes as part of their academic education and afterwards.

Professional Values in Guiding Professional Behavior of Nurses: A Phenomenological Study

Introduction: Nurses must have knowledge and awareness concerning professional values as standards to provide safe and high-quality care. Objective: The study aimed to explore the professional’s value in directing nurses’ behavior. Method: A qualitative study design with a phenomenology approach was applied in this study. We involved ten nurses with ten years of working experience and acting as role models in nurse managers. The data analysis used the Colaizzi method. We found the professional nursing values among nurses, including human dignity, integrity, professional practice, altruism, and compassion. Dimensions that underlying the professional values are knowledge, skill, and attitude. Results: The following four themes reflected how to apply nurses value: 1) Competence in facing challenges; 2 Nurses provided services based on knowledge and skills, a sense of help and compassion for love as a form of worship and commitment to the profession; 3) feeling satisfied in undergoing the nurse profession; 4) expectations of professional development. Professional nurses have a positive attitude and a hope for professional development. Conclusion: The hospital could improve nursing education and research by providing evidence-based practices for self-development. Recommendation: Nurse managers also can provide services based on science, skills, and attitudes as a form of worship and commitment to the profession, becoming a role model for the nurse-led

Professional identity construction: becoming and being a dietician in Brazil, France and Spain

Professional socialization is a complex process that leads to the professional identity. While several studies have focused on the professional identity of physicians and nurses, few studies analyzed this aspect among dieticians. Furthermore, those studies did not consider the influence of sociocultural norms. The aim of this study was to analyze the construction of the professional identity of Brazilian, French and Spanish dieticians. A qualitative methodology based on semi-structured interviews was set up. The construction of the professional identity of Brazilian, French and Spanish dieticians is characterized by the incorporation of skills, knowledge and roles. This process was marked by transformations, mainly related to food and body. Dieticians from the three nationalities shared similar professional values grounded in a medical-nutritional rationale. However, their professional identity also resulted from a continuous process of interaction with patients, peers and the socio-cultural environment.

Research of professional value orientations formation of future doctors

Background. Medical education is based on general and specialized knowledge in the learning process, a combination of theory and practice at a medical university and is the foundation of the medical profession. But the formation of professional value orientations of future doctors remains out of consideration. Therefore, the professional training of future doctors needs the content of medical education to be improved in order to focus on the formation of professional values. Objective. To substantiate the scientific results of the experimental study of the formation of professional value orientations of future doctors. Methods. Theoretical analysis of scientific sources in order to determine the nature, content and structure of professional values of future doctors. Results. The article analyzes the results of experimental research. It is established that a promising direction to improve the quality of training of future doctors is the formation of a system of his professional values, which reveals the value position of the individual in relation to professional activities. In our study, we identified the professional value orientations of future doctors as a system of values, value orientations, meanings and attitudes to the professional activities of doctors, forming a unique axiosphere of personality that reflects the personal, professional and social orientation of the doctor. Taking into account the specifics of the doctor's professional activity, we have developed a structure of professional value orientations of future doctors. In the process of studying the structural composition of professional value orientations of future doctors, axiological, psychological, motivational, cognitive and prognostic components are identified, each of which performs a certain function. The main functions of professional value orientations of future doctors include: worldview, normative, regulatory, communicative and professional activity. The criteria of formation of professional value orientations of future doctors in the process of professional training are determined: cognitive; personal; activity. The levels of formation of professional value orientations of future doctors are highlighted: high, medium and low. The effectiveness of the organizational and pedagogical conditions and pedagogical technology of professional value orientations’ formation of future doctors determined by us is experimentally confirmed. Conclusion. The results of the experimental study showed the effectiveness of the author's pedagogical technology and its effectiveness in the formation of professional value orientations of future doctors in the process of basic training. The formed professional value orientations of future doctors were evaluated and statistically verified. The results of the experimental test confirmed the effectiveness of the organizational and pedagogical conditions created in the educational process of the institution of higher medical education for the formation of professional values of future doctors.