Studying the old masters of nursing: a critical student experience for developing nursing identity

Kelly, Jacinta; Watson, Roger; Watson, James; Needham, Malachi; Driscoll, Laura O.

Abstract

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd In the past professional identity in nursing was inculcated in students alongside institutional pride. A strong sense of professional identity is key to staff retention and recruitment and key to the delivery of quality nursing care. With the wholesale transfer of pre-registration nursing education to the third level sector, however, the reality is that students now divide their affiliations between university and healthcare institutions and professional identity development may be stymied. For this reason, there is need to explore alternative means of developing professional identity. Exposure to nursing history may counteract this tendency. Based on adult nursing students’ reflections of a visit to the Florence Nightingale Museum, we discuss the potential of this activity in aiding development of critical professional identity.

Citation

Kelly, J., Watson, R., Watson, J., Needham, M., & Driscoll, L. O. (2017). Studying the old masters of nursing: a critical student experience for developing nursing identity. Nurse education in practice, 26, 121-125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2017.06.010

• Acceptance Date: Jun 27, 2017
• Publication Date: 2017-09
• Deposit Date: Nov 12, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 12, 2017
• Journal: Nurse education in practice
• Print ISSN: 1471-5953
• Electronic ISSN: 1873-5223
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 26
• Pages: 121-125
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2017.06.010
• Keywords: Museum, Masters of nursing, Professionalism, Nursing history, Pre-registration students, Identity
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/456476
• Publisher URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1471595317304122
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• Contract Date: Nov 12, 2017