Journal of Family Nursing

Running head: PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY
PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY
Name of the student
Nam of the University
Author note

PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY1
Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Discussion........................................................................................................................................2
Section a.......................................................................................................................................2
Section b......................................................................................................................................4
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................6
References........................................................................................................................................7

PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY2
Introduction
The professional identity is the type of social identification and through which an
individual develops the sense of oneness. This is the degree through which the individual defines
themselves as the members of their professions. The professional identity involve that the roles,
duties, values and the ethical standards should be constant with the practices which are accepted
by that specific profession (Slemon, Jenkins & Bungay, 2017). The professional identity in the
nursing practices are the sense of oneness which is influenced by the characteristics, the values
and the norms of the discipline and which results in the changing of the individual thoughts
actions and the feel of a nurse (Voltelen, Konradsen & Østergaard, 2016). This assignment is
going to discuss about the lack of the professional identity of a nurse who failed to perform her
professional activities in taking care of her patients. The thesis statement is significance of the
development of professional identity in conducting the nursing practices.
Discussion
Section a
According to the standard 6 of the NMBA nursing standards, the registered nurses are
bound to provide a quality and safe care by preparing ethical directed goal of actions (NMBA,
2019). The goals are based on the systematic and complete assessment and also are based on the
best available evidences in achieving planned and agreed outcomes. The nurses must use those
practices which are within their scope of practices. The nurses are bound to provide directions
and supervision within proper time to ensure that the practices are safe and correct (Vuolanto,
2015). The nursing practices must be relevant with the health guidelines and appropriate
standards must be followed. In the given case study, Mary, the registered nurse was not applying