International Society for Professional Identity in Nursing Annual Symposium: A Virtual Event

Professional Identity in Nursing (PIN): Centering Force for Education, Practice, Policy, and Regulation

Conference Agenda

Held on 6 October 2026.

Conference Objectives

Participants will be able to:

  1. Describe the Professional Identity in Nursing (PIN) Scale.

  2. Describe the difference between the concepts of professional identity and professionalism in nursing.

  3. Identify strategies to standardize PIN across education, policy, and practice.

  4. Discuss global challenges and opportunities related to the adoption of the PIN.

  5. Identity strategies on how to thread PIN through a nursing education curriculum.

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Agenda

Centering Force for Education, Practice, Policy, and Regulation

  • Welcome and Tone setting

    • Professional identity: Becoming the Centering Force for the Discipline
      Nelda Godfrey, PhD, ACNS-BC, FAAN, ANEF

      • Imagine what would happen if professional identity in nursing became the defining language for the discipline, worldwide. This session will take evidence of the impact of professional identity to date and predict what could happen if professional identity-informed language were used to clearly and strategically advance nursing as a discipline.

    • The Professional Identity in Nursing Scale: Where Are We Now? Where Are We Going?
      Tullamora Landis, PhD, RN-BC, CNL

      • The original Professional Identity in Nursing Scale (PINS) was created in 2020. The PINS has undergone extensive psychometric testing and revisions based on studies conducted with diverse groups of nurses. Psychometric testing determined the PINS to be a valid and reliable measure. More studies are needed to strengthen the psychometrics of the PINS.

    • Leading from the Edge and Blend: Workforce Innovation, Leadership, and Professional Identity Outcomes Using the PIN Survey
      Jennifer Embree, DNP, RN, NE-BC, CCNS, FAAN, Cathy Wichman, MSN, RN, Katherine Feley, DNP, RN, NE-BC, CAE, & Matthew S. Howard, DNP, RN, CEN, TCRN, CPEN, CPN, FAEN, FAAN

      • The presentation will describe two pre-post mixed methods’ studies both using the Professional Identity in Nursing Survey, Professional Identity qualitative questions, one study using a healthy work environment survey, a civil work environment survey, and the other study using the Mini-Z General Survey.

    • Communicating the ISPIN MOdel of Professional Identity to Journalists, Nursing Professional Organizations, Hospitals, and Nursing Students
      Hildegart González Luis, PhD, CSR, CAP

      • We will examine how nursing professional identity is communicated and represented across contexts in Europe, Latin America, and Africa, and develop interventions to strengthen understanding among nurses and key stakeholders.

  • Break

Accepted Presentation Information

All Times are Eastern Time

  • PIN Showcase Presentation (Multi-slide, 15-Minute Oral Presentation)

    • Deciding to Leave Nursing – A Multiperspectival Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
      Dave Hearn, MSc, BSc, RNMH, PGCAP, FHEA

      • Explore how toxic clinical environments systematically undermine Professional Identity in Nursing to promote PIN-informed strategic mandates to reclaim and protect our workforce.

    • Leadership and Organizational Culture in Nursing Students’ Professional Identity Development: A Qualitative Study in Latvia
      Iveta Krastiņa-Paegle, MSc (Nursing), MSc (Health Management), MEd (Pedagogy), Professional Master’s Degree in Pedagogy, RN, Supervisor

      • Explore how leadership and organizational culture shape nursing students’ professional identity, belonging, autonomy, and readiness for practice.

    • Constructing Professional Nursing Identity in Impossible Situations: Findings from a Qualitative Study of New Nurses' Transition to Practice
      Laura Reilly, MSN, RN, NE-BC, CCRN, CNRN, PhD(c)

      • Professional identity is shaped not only by education but by workplace culture. This study explores how new nurses construct identity during the transition to practice.

    • Professional Identity of Nursing in the Media According to the ISPIN Framework: A Quantitative Study
      Maria Victoria Brunelli, PhD, Dolores Pereira Vazquez, Mag, BA, & Hildegart González Luis, PhD, CSR, CAP

      • Explore how nursing's professional identity was portrayed in Argentine media during the pandemic, and why greater visibility didn't mean truer representation.

    • Supporting the Cross-Cultural Implementation of the Professional Identity Nursing Scale (PINS) in Spanish-Speaking Countries and Exploring the Relationship Between Communication and Professional Identity
      Maria Maluenda Martínez, MSN, RN, Hildegart González Luis, PhD, CSR, CAP, & Maria Victoria Brunelli, PhD

      • Can communication shape professional identity? Discover how validated tools will enable research into this emerging relationship.

    • Subversive Power: Professional Identity and the Strategic Negotiation of Advanced Nursing Practice
      Helen Anderson, PhR

      • In this session we explore how professional identity impacts the establishment and sustainability of advanced nursing practice and how subversive power is enacted through strategic negotiation.

  • PIN Rapid Round Presentation (One slide, 2-Minute Oral Presentation)

    • Professional Identity Formation in Prelicensure Nursing Students: Outcomes of a Longitudinal Curriculum Intervention
      Kimberly Seaman, PhD, RN, PED-BC, CNE, & Laurel Matthews, DNP, RN, CNE

      • Discover evidence-based strategies for embedding professional identity formation throughout undergraduate nursing curricula using the ISPIN Professional Identity in Nursing Framework.

    • Caring Science and Caritas Processes®: A Framework for Threading Professional Identity in Nursing Formation Across a BSN Curriculum
      Ludy Llasus, PhD, RN, APRN, FNP-C, CNE, WCSI Caritas Coach & Leader®

      • Advancing PIN formation: Examine how Caring Science, Caritas Processes®, and reflective practice intentionally thread PIN throughout a BSN curriculum.

    • Introducing PIN Over Tea: A Professional Identi~TEA in Nursing
      Kendrea Todt, PhD, RN, CNE, CNEcl, & Karen Carver, PhD, APRN, FNP-C

      • An engaging oral presentation with visuals. Ann overview of the Professional Identi~TEA planned nursing event (set up to presentation to takeaways).

    • Introducing the Theory of Nursing Professional Identity Formation
      Mary Ann Siciliano McLaughlin, Ed.D., MSN, RN, ANEF

      • The Theory of Nursing Professional Identity Formation advances a broader view of the nursing discipline and has synergistic implications in academia and practice.

    • Professional Identity Under Institutional Constraint: What Correctional Nursing Adds to ISPIN
      Duncan Stewart MacLennan, PhD, NP, CCHP, Deborah Shelton, PhD, RN, NE-BC, NPD, BC, CCHP, FAAN & (Nancy) Sue Smith, MSN, RN, CCHP-N

      • What happens to professional identity when nurses practice inside institutions built for custody and control? Drawing on scoping review findings, this session examines how ethical boundary work, correctional-context expertise, governance, and workplace culture can protect, constrain, or compromise nurses’ ability to think, act, and feel like nurses.

    • Who Am I Becoming? Promoting Professional Identity Formation Among Future Perioperative Nurses
      Danielle Quintana, PhD, MSN-Ed., RN, CNOR-E, & Alicia Ramirez, PhD, RN, CNS, CCRN-K

      • Explore the "Who Am I Becoming?" educational framework and practical strategies for promoting professional identity formation in future perioperative nurses.

    • Mapping Professional Identity: Hospital, Experience, and Credential Differences Among Practicing Nurses
      Alison Partridge, PhD, RN, NPD-BC

      • This session shares findings from a study of professional identity among Roper St. Francis Healthcare nurses using the PINS 3.0 scale. Results highlight differences across campuses, experiences, and specialty certifications, with implications for strengthening professional identity and culture.

    • Orientation and PIN Formation for Nurse Residency Program (NRP) Coordinators
      Brittany Beckmann, MSN, RN, NPD-BC

      • This session describes a structured onboarding program for nurse residency program coordinators that enhances PIN formation and role competency.

    • Professional Identity in Nursing as Experienced by Nurse Practitioners
      Amy Hite, EdD(c), DNP, APRN, FNP, FAAN, & Nelda Godfrey, PhD, ACNS-BC, FAAN, ANEF

      • This session reports the findings and implications of a quantitative, non-experimental, descriptive study of professional identity in nursing as experienced by nurse practitioners. Data were collected using the Professional Identity in Nursing Scale (PINS 3.0).

    • For the Residency Graduate: A Pilot Program on Nurse Career Success, Professional Identity, and Quality
      Nelda Godfrey, PhD, ACNS-BC, FAAN, ANEF, Sean Pridgeon, DNP, RN, NE-BC, & John Theobald, MSA, BSN, CMSRN

      • This session will describe a pilot program to inform nurses at the end of their residencies about research and trends in nurse career success, professional identity formation and quality.

    • Purposeful Imprinting: An Innovative Framework for Advancing Professional Identity Formation in Nursing
      Teresa Maggard Stephens, PhD, MSN, RN, CNE,

      • Purposeful Imprinting introduces a scalable framework for intentionally shaping professional identity in nursing through culture, leadership, ethics, and everyday practice experiences.

    • Reflection Activity: 'Tree of Impact' to Describe Social Justice, Thinking and Leading Change Beyond Healthcare
      Alicia Ramirez, PhD, RN, CNS, CCRN-K

      • Professional Identity Tree, a reflective assignment for nursing students, visualizes their developing identity as nurses. It explores experiences, values, goals, nursing standards, and qualities.

    • The Professional Identity of the Nurse Educator: A Focused Strategy for Novice Faculty
      Judith Herrman, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF, FAAN

      • An adapted Tree of Impact activity clarifies the fundamental attributes, resources, and individual attributes needed to succeed as new faculty examine the professional identity of the nurse educator.

    • From Framework to Culture: Embedding Professional Identity Across the Undergraduate Nursing Student Life Cycle
      Stacy King, DNP, RNC-OB, CNE, Lori McElroy, DNP, RN, CNE, & Kimberly Cobb, DNP, APRN-CNP, FNP-BC, CHSE

      • Discover how one nursing program embedded professional identity across the student lifecycle using advising, communication, and existing program structures.

    • Ethical Clarity as a Lived Expression of Professional Identity in Nursing Academia
      Teresa Stephens, PhD, MSN, RN, CNE, & Diana Layne, PhD, RN, CPHQ

      • Explore how ethical clarity transforms professional identity into action, fostering moral courage, ethical culture, and professional identity formation in nursing.

  • Parting thoughts evaluation instructions

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