CHARACTERISTICS OF NURSING PROFESSIONALS AT NERS STUDY STUDENTS OF HEALTH FACULTY, MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY, SEMARANG

Abstract

Background:�Nursing professionalvalueis a foundation for a nurse in nursing practicing which can described by three�valuecomponents, those are�caring, activism, and�professionalism. Applying nursing professional�valuestarted by when the education process until practice in the clinic.�The purpose of the research:�Knowing describe of nursing professional value on student of program study nursing profession Faculty of Nursing and Health University of Muhammadiyah Semarang.Researchmethods:�Kind of this study was descriptive qualitative which is applied survey approach, applied total sampling method with total respondent were 114 students, the data submitted was applied questionnaire of NPSV-3 (Nurse Professional Values Scale-3) consists of 28 question with Likert scale (Weish & Schank, 2017). Statistic analysis applied univariat analysis.�Research results:�The research showed characteristic of female sample 70 (61,4%), respondent age minimum 22 years and maximum 30 years. The value of nursing professionals with the category of less good 2 (1.8%), both 112 (98.2%).�Caringvalue with category less good 1 (9%), good 113 (99,1%). The value of�activismwith category less good 4 (3.5%), good 110 (96,5%). The value of�professionalismwith the less good category 1 (9%), either 113 (99.1%).Conclusion:�It was concluded that the average of the three components of the overall score in both categories with the total value of professional nursing was 112 (98.2%) with good category.Suggestion:�This study canbe the evaluation material for institution of education and student nurse in applying nursing professional score also as an input in adjustment of education curriculum and supporting professionalism.