Which option best defines professional self-concept? 1. Being the phy

QUESTION

Which option best defines professional self-concept?

1. Being the physician’s handmaiden.
2. Achievement of Benner’s levels of proficiency.
3. The set of beliefs held true as a result of professional socialization.
4. The belief in one’s own personal worth as a result of family culture.

ANSWER:

Correct Answer: 3

Strasen (1992) defines professional self-concept as the set of beliefs and images held to be true as a result of specific professional socialization. The other options reflect processes or outcomes that may be related to or the result of an individual nurse’s self-concept, but do not define professional self-concept.