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Professional Identity in Graduating Nursing Students.

Anita Fitzgerald, Lory Clukey

The Journal of Nursing Education

|February 2, 2021

Summary

Nursing students describe professional identity through knowledge, caring, and integrity. Key factors influencing this development include communication, competence, and leadership skills essential for nursing practice.

Area of Science:

Nursing Education
Professional Identity Development

Background:

Examines nursing professional identity development in final-semester associate and baccalaureate degree students.
Investigates student understanding of nursing professional identity.
Identifies factors supporting or hindering identity formation.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore the meaning of nursing professional identity from student perspectives.
To understand factors influencing nursing professional identity development.
To inform nursing education strategies for identity formation.

Main Methods:

Utilized semistructured individual interviews with nursing students.
Conducted focus groups to clarify and elaborate on interview comments.
Employed qualitative research methods to gather in-depth insights.

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Main Results:

Both student groups identified knowledge, caring, teamwork, and integrity as core to professional nursing.
Commonly cited attributes included good communication, confidence, competence, critical thinking, advocacy, and leadership.
Shared descriptions highlight a consensus on essential professional nursing qualities.

Conclusions:

Findings enhance understanding of nursing professional identity formation.
Results provide a basis for developing targeted student activities.
Supports the advancement of nursing education and professional development.