ABSTRACT Professional values are the values reflected in our relationship with clients, colleagues and the significant others. The ‘Code of Ethics’ for nurses provide directions for relationship of nurses to clients, community and the profession and it delineates the fundamental values of professional nursing. Objectives: To describe and correlate the professional values of B Sc Nursing students and their perception on status of nursing as a profession; to compare the professional values and perceptions of I, II, III and IV year students; to find out the relationship of professional value and perception scores of students with their socio-economic status. Methods: This descriptive-correlational study was done in selected Nursing Colleges in Kerala with total sample size 580, using multi-stage random sampling. Data collection tools used were Socio-Demographic Factors Inventory; Professional Value Scale for Nursing Students and Semantic Differential Scale on Perception on Status of Nursing as a Profession. Results:Analysis showed that majority, 239 (41.2%) of subjects had ‘very good’ level of Professional values. The perception of students about the status of nursing was interpreted
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