Professional Identity in Nursing Touch Point: Remember, Refresh, and Renew
The ISPIN Mini-Symposium, a virtual event, was held on January 10, 2025, from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Central Time. You can still access the recording.
Learning Outcomes:
Discuss the interface of Professional Identity in Nursing and wellbeing.
Identify exemplars of how organizations support a healthy work environment where Professional Identity in Nursing can flourish in practice and academia.
Discuss the next steps for developing nurse well-being as a foundation for Professional Identity in Nursing.
Description
Become part of the conversation and explore the interface of nurse well-being and professional identity in nursing. Sponsored by the International Society for Professional Identity in Nursing (ISPIN), this virtual touchpoint welcomed all nurses and nursing students, U.S. and international, to reflect on the cultivation and refinement of wellbeing as part of a Professional Identity in Nursing Initiative, Thrive in 2025.
Agenda
12:00 p.m.–12:10 p.m. – Opening Welcome and Norm/Tone Setting, Elizabeth Young, MSN, RN, CNE
12:10 p.m.–1:00 p.m. –
Identity: Interface with wellbeing; Shelly Amsberry, EdD, MSN, RN, Kristen D. Priddy, PhD, RN, CNS, Kendrea Todt, PhD, RN, CNE, CNEcl
PIN Transition to Practice Check-Up: A Nurse PIN Story; Taylor Conway, MSN, RN
1:10 p.m.–2:00 p.m. – Cultivating Wellbeing in Education and Practice, Jennifer L. Embree, DNP, RN, NE-BC, CCNS, FAAN & Molly Jackson, DNP, RN, APRN-BC, CNE
2:00 p.m.–2:10 p.m. – Self-Care Break
2:10 p.m.–2:30 p.m. – Organizational Update with Nelda; Nelda Godfrey, PhD, ACNS-BC, RN, FAAN, ANEF
2:30 p.m.–2:40 p.m. – Committee Chair Introductions & Connection
2:40 p.m.–2:55 p.m. Parting Thoughts: “Have your goals/plans changed?”
2:55 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Closing Remarks/Evaluation Instructions
Wellbeing is an expectation addressed in our American Nurses Association Code of Ethics and the Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity report, as it is the duty of the nurse to attend to personal and professional wellbeing.
Nursing Continuing Professional Development
2 Hours of CE Credit will be offered.
The NCPD hours for this event are granted by Pittsburg State University Irene Ransom Bradley School of Nursing. Pittsburg State University Irene Ransom Bradley School of Nursing is approved as a provider of continuing nursing education by the Kansas State Board of Nursing. This course offering is approved for 2 contact hours applicable for RN, LPN, or LMHT re-licensure. Kansas State Board of Nursing Provider Number: LT-0051-0738.
Suggested Pre-Reading
Embree, J. L., & Liebig, D. (2023). Nurse as leader, a pillar of professional identity. The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 54(11), 497–500. https://doi.org/10.3928/00220124-20231011-04
Joseph, M. L., & Godfrey, N. (2023). A new mindset: From tasks to professional identity. Nurse Leader, 21(2), 183–187. https://doi-org.kumc.idm.oclc.org/10.1016/j.mnl.2022.12.007
Thompson, J. A. (2023). Professional identity in nursing’s influence on wellbeing. Nurse Leader, 21(2), 163–165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mnl.2022.12.004
Toubassi, D., Schenker, C., Roberts, M., & Forte, M. (2023). Professional identity formation: Linking meaning to well-being. Advances in Health Sciences Education, 28(1), 305-318.
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10459-022-10146-2.pdf