Professional identity in nursing practice

Professional identity: values embedded in meaningful nursing practice.

The main research question addressed in this two-phase descriptive study was 'What are the values underlying nurses' professional identity as expressed through what is meaningful in nurses' work? The first phase was a survey of 767 randomly selected nurses with one, five, and 10 years of experience in nursing, and in the second phase data on work-meaning were obtained from a convenience sample ...

Theory and practice in the construction of professional identity in nursing students: A qualitative study

Theory and practice in the construction of professional identity in nursing students: a qualitative study.

BACKGROUND The problem of nurses' professional identity continues to be seen in the disjunction between theoretical training and clinical placements. Moreover, it is not known how nursing students perceive these contradictions or how this discrepancy influences the construction of professional identity. OBJECTIVE To gain insight into nursing students' perception of their theoretical and pract...

The Vanderbilt Professional Nursing Practice Program: part 1: Growing and supporting professional nursing practice.

Professional practice programs are designed to attract, retain, and reward nurses. This three-part series will describe Vanderbilt's performance-based career advancement system, the Vanderbilt Professional Nursing Practice Program (VPNPP). Part 1 outlines the overall program's foundation, philosophical background, and basic structure. The VPNPP is built upon Benner's work, distinguishing among ...

Developing professional identity in nursing academics: the role of communities of practice.

This paper analyses the current standing of nursing within the wider United Kingdom (UK) higher education (HE) environment and considers the development of academic identity within the sector, introducing a technology mediated approach to professional learning and development. A community of practice (CoP) is a way of learning based on collaboration among peers. Individuals come together virtua...