What is it about?
This study explored the professional nurse education identity and whether it was co-constraucted by a community of practice.
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Why is it important?
The development of identity as a nurse educator provides guidance for the necessary development of knowledge and orientation that facilitates specialization and differentiates the nurse educator role from other nursing roles. Improvements in health outcomes potentially sensitive to nursing practice have been associated with having adequately qualified and well-educated nurses. Nurse educator expertise is crucial to the retention, maintenance and enhancement of the nursing workforce and associated desired health outcomes (WHO, 2018).
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The support provided by a community of practice is vital in ensuring that nurse educators understand and value their roles and their contribution to patient well-being despite their perceptions that their roles are undervalued. It is important to publish on this topic as further support for nurse educators and their role in positve patient outcomes.
Dr Louise Horstmanshof
Southern Cross University
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This page is a summary of: The social construction of nurse educator professional identities: Exploring the impact of a community of practice through participatory action research, Journal of Advanced Nursing, April 2022, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/jan.15200.
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