The making of nurse professionals : a transformational, ethical approach /
Nancy Crigger and Nelda Schwinke Godfrey
- Sudbury, Massachusetts : Jone and Bartlett Learning, c2011
- xvii, 145 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Professionalism in nursing : an overview -- The crisis in professionalism and professional education -- Roots and branches of professionalism -- The place of virtue ethics within nursing -- A framework for nurse professionals -- Learning a profession : considerations and strategies -- Measuring professionalism -- Virtues significant in nursing -- Toward the making of future generations of nurse professionals.
Offers a unified, comprehensive moral philosophy that is foundational to professional identity formation in nursing, and visionary, grounded plan for students to engage in the development of professional identity.