Clinical Supervisors' and Educators' Perspectives on Conditions Forming Nursing Students' Professional Identity: A Qualitative Focus Group Study.

ABSTRACT: Professional identity formation is a pivotal element of nursing education shaped by educational structures and by the roles of clinical supervisors and educators. This qualitative study examines how these stakeholders perceive their role in supporting nursing students' professional identity development and the conditions that influence this process. The empirical material was generated from six focus groups with clinical supervisors from somatic, psychiatric, and home care settings, and educators from diverse teams at a university college. Drawing on critical psychological practice research, the analysis centers on participants' interpretations, their reasons for acting as they do, and the broader societal and institutional conditions framing their practice. Three themes emerged: challenge

SUBMITTER: Soerensen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12461178 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature