Includes bibliographical referneces and index.

Professionalism in nursing : an overview --
The crisis in professionalism and professional education --
Roots and branches of professionalism --
The place of virtue ethics within nursing --
A framework for nurse professionals --
Learning a profession : considerations and strategies --
Measuring professionalism --
Virtues significant in nursing --
Toward the making of future generations of nurse professionals.

Offers a unified, comprehensive moral philosophy that is foundational to professional identity formation in nursing, and visionary, grounded plan for students to engage in the development of professional identity.