Emphasizing Professional Identity Formation
Thinking like a nurse is important, but do your students know how to act and care like a nurse?
Dr. Nelda Godfrey, an expert in the field of professional identity formation, discusses ways you can help your students develop their professional identities.
Professional identity in nursing is defined as "sense of oneself, and in relationship with others, that is influenced by characteristics, norms, and values of the nursing discipline, resulting in an individual thinking, acting and feeling like a nurse" (Godfrey & Young, 2020).