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The Role of Professional Identity in Shaping Learning Strategies for 21st Century Skill Development among Dutch Hospital Nurses
Roerink, J. (2024) The Role of Professional Identity in Shaping Learning Strategies for 21st Century Skill Development among Dutch Hospital Nurses.
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| Abstract: | The rapidly changing healthcare sector demands nurses to acquire 21st century skills to adjust to their changing work context. This study examines the learning strategies used by nurses to develop these skills and how their professional identity influences these strategies. A narrative qualitative approach with semi-structured interviews was conducted with 11 nurses from a Dutch hospital across 7 departments. The results show nurses use collaboration, learning from practice, formal education, and self-study as learning strategies. Professional identity plays a significant role in shaping these strategies due to career stage, workplace context, or interpersonal factors, resulting in four composite narratives. These narratives differ in their usage of learning strategies to develop 21st century skills and professional identity. This study contributes insights into the learning strategies used by working nurses to develop 21st century skills and the understanding of the relationship with professional identity, which can be used for further development of new learning innovations. Further research is recommended to examine what other factors influence this relationship and how it may change over time. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Master) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 70 social sciences in general |
| Programme: | Educational Science and Technology MSc (60023) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/99754 |
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