Professional nurses vary in their alignment and awareness of their professional identity, which affect their professional power, public image, and the public’s confidence in the profession, prompting the question: Do we understand what constitutes and shapes the identity of professional nurses in South Africa? The purpose of this exploratory sequential mixed methods study was to explore factors that influence and shape the identity and describe how it manifests in the profession to formulate guidelines that support professional nurses and associated stakeholders in the development of a sound professional nursing identity in South Africa. The study was guided by the Identity Theory and the Social Identity Theory. Literature, qualitative and ...
Background: This review synthesizes contemporary research investigating the factors influencing RNs’...
What constitutes the professional identity of a nurse academic is ambiguous at best as there is litt...
This study was based on twenty-one interviews with sixteen nurses who were within one to three years...
Aim: We propose that the conceptual orientation of professional identity is a logical consequence of...
The nursing profession belongs to helping professions which are heavily demanding in terms of mental...
© 2013 Dr. Georgina Anne Parkes WillettsThere is limited evidence, and research on nurses’ developme...
The legacy of gendered professionalization, the racial hierarchy of apartheid, and profound health c...
The increasing nursing shortage experienced in healthcare institutions alongsidethe communicative is...
The increasing nursing shortage experienced in healthcare institutions alongsidethe communicative is...
Background: social identity plays an important role in the development of a society. Social identity...
D.Cur. (Nursing Science)Abstract: Nursing is viewed as a profession, with existing ideologies on how...
Becoming a nurse requires development of professional capabilities, specifically socialisation into ...
Developing a professional identity is an essential transition for nursing students as they move thro...
Introduction: Socialization is the process of professional roles acceptance and a real way for the d...
M.Cur. (Nursing Science)Abstract: When a person enters a hospital environment and becomes a patient,...
Background: This review synthesizes contemporary research investigating the factors influencing RNs’...
What constitutes the professional identity of a nurse academic is ambiguous at best as there is litt...
This study was based on twenty-one interviews with sixteen nurses who were within one to three years...
Aim: We propose that the conceptual orientation of professional identity is a logical consequence of...
The nursing profession belongs to helping professions which are heavily demanding in terms of mental...
© 2013 Dr. Georgina Anne Parkes WillettsThere is limited evidence, and research on nurses’ developme...
The legacy of gendered professionalization, the racial hierarchy of apartheid, and profound health c...
The increasing nursing shortage experienced in healthcare institutions alongsidethe communicative is...
The increasing nursing shortage experienced in healthcare institutions alongsidethe communicative is...
Background: social identity plays an important role in the development of a society. Social identity...
D.Cur. (Nursing Science)Abstract: Nursing is viewed as a profession, with existing ideologies on how...
Becoming a nurse requires development of professional capabilities, specifically socialisation into ...
Developing a professional identity is an essential transition for nursing students as they move thro...
Introduction: Socialization is the process of professional roles acceptance and a real way for the d...
M.Cur. (Nursing Science)Abstract: When a person enters a hospital environment and becomes a patient,...
Background: This review synthesizes contemporary research investigating the factors influencing RNs’...
What constitutes the professional identity of a nurse academic is ambiguous at best as there is litt...
This study was based on twenty-one interviews with sixteen nurses who were within one to three years...