Multiple professional identities: A personal exploration of the transition from nurse to lecturer

Seal, Joanne

Abstract

This personal reflective account explores my transition from NHS employee to university lecturer based in an Higher Educational Institution. Lave and Wenger’s (1991) “Communities of Practice” (COP) model has been used as a framework to highlight both personal and professional development. The account is positioned within a landscape of performativity (Ball, 2003) perceived as a mode of state regulation, where individuals organize themselves in response to targets, performance indicators and the needs of the organization.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Feb 15, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Feb 15, 2017
• Publication Date: Feb 15, 2017
• Deposit Date: May 31, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: May 31, 2018
• Journal: Journal of Health Visiting
• Print ISSN: 2050-8719
• Electronic ISSN: 2052-2908
• Publisher: MA Healthcare
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 94-99
• Keywords: multiple professional identities, personal exploration, transition, nurse, lecturer
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/898592
• Publisher URL: http://www.journalofhealthvisiting.com/cgi-bin/go.pl/library/article.cgi?uid=108154;article=hv_5_2_94_99
• Additional Information: Additional Information : This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Jounal of Health Visiting, copyright © MA Healthcare, after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see http://www.journalofhealthvisiting.com/cgi-bin/go.pl/library/article.cgi?uid=108154;article=hv_5_2_94_99.
• Contract Date: May 31, 2018