Professional citizenship in nursing

IF 3.7 2区医学 Q1 NURSING

Nursing Outlook Pub Date : 2025-07-30 DOI:10.1016/j.outlook.2025.102497

Carol Huston MSN, DPA, FAAN

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Abstract

Background

Although guideposts for professional citizenship are sparse, numerous associations and documents guiding nursing education and practice (including The Essentials) acknowledge the critical role of professional citizenship.

Purpose

Nurses must understand why professional citizenship matters and educators must intgegrate strategies to promote professional citizenship across all levels of the curricula.

Methods

Six strategies to promote professional citizenship in nursing are identified.

Discussion

Professional citizenship, defined as actively engaging professionally in nursing as well as broader communities, to identify and seek out solutions to enduring social problems, is declining in nursing. This has occurred despite deep roots in nursing’s history supporting professional citizenship. Changing generational values with different patterns of participation, behaviors, and professional priorities contribute to the decline.

Conclusion

Professional citizenship should be an expectation, not a choice. Without it, nurses lose the power of a collective voice as well as opportunities to address social justice, health equity, upholding human rights, patient advocacy, and healthcare reform.

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护理专业公民

背景：虽然专业公民的指南很少，但许多指导护理教育和实践的协会和文件（包括The Essentials）都承认专业公民的关键作用。目的：护士必须明白为什么职业公民很重要，教育者必须整合策略，在课程的各个层面促进职业公民。方法提出六种促进护理专业公民意识的策略。专业公民，定义为积极参与专业护理以及更广泛的社区，以确定和寻求解决持久的社会问题，在护理中正在下降。尽管护理学在支持专业公民身份的历史中有着深厚的根基，但这种情况还是发生了。随着参与模式、行为和职业优先级的不同，代际价值观的变化导致了这种下降。结论职业公民应该是一种期望，而不是一种选择。没有它，护士将失去集体发声的力量，以及解决社会正义、卫生公平、维护人权、患者权益和医疗改革的机会。

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来源期刊

Nursing Outlook 医学-护理

CiteScore

6.20

自引率

7.00%

发文量

109

审稿时长

25 days

期刊介绍： Nursing Outlook, a bimonthly journal, provides innovative ideas for nursing leaders through peer-reviewed articles and timely reports. Each issue examines current issues and trends in nursing practice, education, and research, offering progressive solutions to the challenges facing the profession. Nursing Outlook is the official journal of the American Academy of Nursing and the Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science and supports their mission to serve the public and the nursing profession by advancing health policy and practice through the generation, synthesis, and dissemination of nursing knowledge. The journal is included in MEDLINE, CINAHL and the Journal Citation Reports published by Clarivate Analytics.