Teaching Professional Identity in Nursing: A Faculty Perspective
Hosted by the Faculty Leadership Network (FLN)
Webinar Description
Professional Identity Formation is considered an educational objective in other health disciplines, yet in nursing, many faculty are still unfamiliar with the term or its meaning. In this webinar, faculty will be able to explain and apply professional identity in nursing through definition(s) and iteratively-derived domains, helping students to incorporate identity formation in beginning their journey into the nursing discipline.
Objectives:
- Describe how the concept of professional identity is important in the relationship with other disciplines
- Explain the definition of professional identity in nursing and the relevance/evolution of the four domains: values and ethics, knowledge, nurse as a leader, and professional comportment.
- Discuss the goods for both patients and professional nurses with language and knowledge about professional identity in nursing.
Note: Recording of the webinar will be available soon after the webinar airs. Visit AACN's On-Demand Webinars to watch.
Speakers
Nelda Godfrey, PhD, ACNS-BC, RN, FAAN, ANEF
Professor and Associate Dean, Innovative Partnerships and Practice
University of Kansas
Nelda Godfrey is Professor and Associate Dean for Innovative Partnerships and Practice at the University of Kansas School of Nursing, Kansas City, Kansas. A scholar in the areas of clinical ethics, leadership, and breakthrough thinking in nursing education, Dr. Godfrey has been influential in expanding how nurses understand professional identity formation—a concept prevalent in other health professions and STEM disciplines for more than two decades. Dr. Godfrey will help novice educators understand the importance of professional identity formation and how it is different for nursing vs other disciplines, and then share how to apply these unfamiliar terms and domains in fostering student nurses’ professional development.
Pricing and CE Credit
This webinar is free to deans, faculty, staff, and students from AACN member schools of nursing. All non-member audiences will be required to pay a $59 webinar fee.
Continuing Education Credits
Eligible attendees may receive one continuing nursing education (CNE) contact hour for participating in this webinar. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is an accredited CNE-provider by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.