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Mary L. Morris Distinguished Visiting Professorship March 2023 - Professional Identity Formation
Professional Identity Formation
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Nelda Godfrey, PhD, ACNS-BC, RN, FAAN, ANEF
Target Audience
Nurses and Nursing Students
All audiences that are interested in this topic are also invited to attend.
Learning Objectives
The learner will be able to define professional identity in nursing and explain how it helps individuals think, act and feel like a nurse.
The learner will identify and describe the four domains of professional identity in nursing: values and ethics, knowledge, nurse as leader, and professional comportment.
The learner will be able to discuss three strategies for making professional identity in nursing more explicit in the practice setting.
Schedule of Events |
5:00pm -5:30pm | Onsite Registration and Refreshments | |
5:30pm | Welcome | Wendy Likes, PhD, DNSc, APRN-Bc, FAANP Dean and Professor UTHSC College of Nursing |
5:30pm - 5:45pm | Introduction | Charleen C. McNeill, PhD, MSN, RN Professor and Executive Associate Dean for Academic Affairs UTHSC College of Nursing |
5:45pm - 6:30pm | Mary L. Morris Distinguished Visiting Professorship Professional Identity in Nursing: Why Does it Matter? | Nelda Godfrey, PhD, ACNS-BC, FAAN, ANEF University of Kansas School of Nursing |
6:30pm - 6:45pm | Break | |
6:45pm - 7:30pm | Mary L. Morris Distinguished Visiting Professorship Making Professional Identity Count | Nelda Godfrey, PhD, ACNS-BC, FAAN, ANEF University of Kansas School of Nursing |
7:30pm - 7:45pm | Q & A | |
7:45pm | Closing Remarks and Evaluation | Crystal Walker, PhD, DNP, FNP-C NCPD Unit Director and Assistant Professor UTHSC College of Nursing |
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Nelda Godfrey
Crystal Martin Walker, PhD, DNP, FNP-C
Nelda Godfrey
UTHSC College of Nursing, Memphis is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
2 NCPD credit hours will be awarded for this event. There is no charge for the Nursing Professional Development credit.
Disclosures
Successful Completion of this Nursing Continuing Professional Development Activity:
In order to receive full contact-hour credit for this NCPD activity, you must:
- Be in attendance for at least 80% of the program, and
- Complete and submit the Evaluation and Verification of Attendance through the CENow Learning Management System.
Requirements for successful completion may also include participation in individual or group activities, such as discussion, exercises, practice questions, pre-/post-testing, etc.
Conflicts of Interest
Ineligible companies are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
The planners and presenters of this NCPD activity have no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
Commercial Support: No
Noncommercial Sponsor Support: No
Off-label Product Use: This NCPD activity does not include any unannounced information about the off-label use of a product for a purpose other than that for which it was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Available Credit
- 2.00 ANCC
- 2.00 Attendance