This episode examines the crucial intertwining of professional identity, leadership, and innovation in nursing. Dr. M. Lindell Joseph shares insights on how societal influences and work environments can significantly shape a nurse's professional identity while advocating for an empowered and reflective nursing workforce.

• Discussion on the importance of professional identity formation
• Exploration of societal perceptions and media portrayals of nursing
• Emphasis on the pivotal role of nursing leadership in professional growth
• Insights on how to foster innovation and challenge the status quo
• Importance of reflective practice and lifelong learning

GUEST: Dr. M. Lindell Joseph, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAONL

Dr. Joseph is passionate about advancing nursing leadership and innovativeness through thought leadership, research methods, and extensive publications.  She is the Editor-in-Chief of Nurse Leader, the Official Journal of the American Organization for Nursing Leadership, a Clinical Professor, and the Director of DNP & MSN in Health Systems: Administration/Executive Leadership Programs at the University of Iowa College of Nursing.  

From 2019-2024, Dr. Joseph served on the Advisory Council of the International Society for Professional Identity in Nursing (ISPIN). In that role, she co-led the development of the Conceptual Model for Professional Identity in Nursing and chaired the committee Nurse as Leader.  An outcome of this committee is a position statement titled “A Call for Dialogue to Advance the Concept of Nurses as Leaders within the Profession and the Public.”  The American Nurses Association recently endorsed the paper. She was appointed to lead a future workgroup, The Public and Professional Identity in Nursing. 

She is a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and participates in the Building Health Care System Expert Panel and the Nursing Theory-Guided Expert Panel. She is also a fellow in the American Organization for Nursing Leadership. Dr. Joseph’s other areas of expertise are leadership effectiveness, innovativeness across academia and practice (IA-APHPS), and the General Effectiveness Multilevel Theory for Shared Governance (GEMS). Lastly, she co-edited the seventh edition of Leadership and Nursing Care Management. 

Professional Identity in Nursing Conceptual Model  

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