Introduction: Professional nursing values ​​are the guideline for the actions necessary for the nursing profession and are considered as the basis for decision-making in professional nursing practice. Due to limited studies in this field, this study aimed to investigate the level of compliance with professional values ​​in clinical nurses in Kerman.
Methods: In this descriptive cross-sectional study, 260 nurses working in hospitals affiliated to Kerman University of Medical Sciences were selected by stratified random sampling. Data were collected using a two-part questionnaire including socio-demographic characteristics and the standardized scale of professional values ​​of Shank and Weiss nursing skills with an appropriate validity and reliability of 0.92. Data analysis was performed using descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and analytical (Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal Wallis) by SPSS software version 19.
Results: The mean score of nurses' professional norms was 102.77 ± 16.64 and the highest mean score in each dimension of care was (4.21 ± 0.48), justice (4.13 ± 1.37) trust (4.21 ± 0.82), professionalization (3.80 ± 0.95) and pragmatism (3.52 ± 0.70). There was a significant relationship between work area and nurses' service status with respect to professional values, but no significant relationship was found with other variables (meaningful level, p <0.05).
Conclusion: Based on the results, nurses' status is relatively favorable with respect to professional values, so the necessary measures to internalize and promote all these values ​​are essential.