Participants find it difficult to articulate a single professional identity as evidenced by the descriptions of themselves as nurses, teachers, lecturers, educators and motivators. They describe how nurse educators and third level nurse education are perceived by their clinical colleagues and the general public. In addition, they also describe the factors which may influence professional identities. The concept of than a participant’s ‘more is also explored. nurse’ The majority of participants in this study identify themselves as educators or lecturers. UIND7: be an ‘Primarily I’d educator…’ UIND4: ‘I see myself as an educator…’ IOTFG1P5: a lecturer and I am a lecturer in the nursing ‘I’m department’. UFG2P2: would actually say I am a ‘I lecturer…’ UIND8: I a ‘Like say, I’m lecturer’. One participant is quite specific about her identity. IOTIND6: say nurse ‘I lecturer’. Others definitively identify themselves as nurses. UFG2P1: I would say I am a ‘Yeah, nurse…’ UIND3: ‘I would consider myself first and foremost a nurse’. Some participants identify themselves as teachers. IOTFG1P4: ‘I would say that I teach first of all…’ UIND7: I say I teach ‘Yeah, nursing…’ IOTFG1P3: tell them that I teach nursing in the ‘I college…’ Another participant identifies herself as a ‘motivator’. IOTIND2: suppose use a word that many people say to me about myself, ‘I I’ll that be, you know, be a motivator for them, for the it’s I’d I’d student’.
Participants find it difficult to articulate a single professional identity as evidenced by the descriptions of themselves as nurses, teachers, lecturers, educators and motivators. They describe how nurse educators and third level nurse education are perceived by their clinical colleagues and the general public. In addition, they also describe the factors which may influence participant’s professional identities. The concept of ‘more than a nurse’ is also explored. The majority of participants in this study identify themselves as educators or lecturers. UIND7: ‘Primarily I’d be an educator…’ UIND4: ‘I see myself as an educator…’ IOTFG1P5: ‘I’m a lecturer and I am a lecturer in the nursing department’. UFG2P2: ‘I would actually say I am a lecturer…’ UIND8: ‘Like I say, I’m a lecturer’. One participant is quite specific about her identity. IOTIND6: ‘I say nurse lecturer’. Others definitively identify themselves as nurses. UFG2P1: ‘Yeah, I would say I am a nurse…’ UIND3: ‘I would consider myself first and foremost a nurse’. Some participants identify themselves as teachers. IOTFG1P4: ‘I would say that I teach first of all…’ UIND7: ‘Yeah, I say I teach nursing…’ IOTFG1P3: ‘I tell them that I teach nursing in the college…’ Another participant identifies herself as a ‘motivator’. IOTIND2: ‘I suppose I’ll use a word that many people say to me about myself, it’s that I’d be, you know, I’d be a motivator for them, for the student’.
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