Professional Identity Competency Paper

Creating Your Professional Identity

Competency

• Determine the attributes that help form the professional nurses’ identity.
• Apply principles of professional identity and professionalism.

Scenario

As a nursing student, you have a vision of your core values and expectations as a professional nurse. In this assignment, create a plan to guide you as you form your professional identity.

Instructions

This formation will include the following:

• Describe the meaning of nursing professionalism identity
• Identify the most important professional identity characteristics/attributes
• Explain how you will adapt these characteristics/attributes in the clinical setting
• Reflect on your educational journey and describe how this shaped your professional identity.
• Create your goals for continued professional identity formation during your career as a nurse.
• Provide stated ideas with professional language and attribution for credible sources with correct APA citation, spelling, and grammar.