Nurses Professional Values Scale-Three: A Validation Study Among Italian Nurses and Nursing Students

Background ID:p0175 and Purpose: The assessment of nurses’ professional values (NPVs) in Ital- ian nurses and students is undermined by the unavailability of validated measurements. Therefore, this study aimed at providing the validation of the “Nurses Professional Val- ues Scale-Three” (NPVS-3) in its Italian version (I-NPVS-3). Methods: The study has 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., car- ing, 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.