NEW - Professional Identity Development of Advanced Practice Nurses

Kathleen Clark (Augsburg University) and I co-authored with Andrea Simek (Augsburg University), Joyce Miller (Augsburg University), Mariana Ballesteros (Creighton University), Rebecca Davis (Creighton University), LeAnn Holmes (University of Nebraska Medical Center), Margo Minnich (Creighton University), and Alexandra Schultz (Creighton University) "Professional Identity Development of Advanced Practice Nurses: Evaluating Its Integration in Curricula and Relevance of Professional Practice." The article was published in the recent issue of Nurse Education in Practice and is based on mixed-methods research that explored how students, alums, and faculty view the effectiveness of the integration of university mission statements into the curriculum of a graduate program in Nursing Practice and mission statements' significance in preparing students for professional practice. The results suggest that the program not only clearly articulated the statements in its curriculum but that they are also relevant for professional practice, encouraging academic programs to evaluate the integration of their instuitutions mission statements into curricula.