title: Sponsored professional seminars: enhancing professionalism among baccalaureate nursing students.
abstract: If we are to emphasize professionalism within nursing, students need to understand the opportunities, responsibilities, and concerns that are integral to the nursing profession. Sharing ideas related to nursing practice in a specified area with practicing nurses, expert faculty, and a speaker provide students with a sense of excitement about their chosen career. The sponsored seminar series permits undergraduate nursing students to converse with their future colleagues over dinner, develop lasting relationships, and advance their learning in an area of interest.
authors.affiliation: University of Kentucky, 315 College of Nursing Building, Lexington, KY 40536, USA. dybroc00@uky.edu
authors.forename: Dorothy
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Brockopp
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schooler
authors.forename: Darlene
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Welsh
authors.forename: Karma
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cassidy
authors.forename: Patricia Y
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Ryan
authors.forename: Kay
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mueggenberg
authors.forename: Diane Orr
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Chlebowy
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002321:Career Choice; D003142:Communication; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods*; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007857:Leadership; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011361:Professional Competence / Q000592:standards*; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012944:Social Support; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*