title: Professionalism in Iranian Nursing: Concept Analysis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The present study was conducted with the aim of clarifying and reducing the semantic ambiguities around the concept of professionalism.
  
  
  METHODS
  The concept analysis method of Walker and Avant was used.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The analysis demonstrated that professionalism in nursing consists of three main pillars: principles of care, communication, and ethics.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Given that the process of professionalism in nursing may have positive outcomes for the nurse, the nursing profession, and the health system of the community, these items have been attended to.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The present concept analysis can open the way to conducting more extensive research and devising tools to identify the barriers, facilitators, and administrative arrangements by clarifying the concept.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dehghani
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Mahvash
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Salsali
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammad Ali
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Cheraghi
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003210:Concept Formation; D036262:Empirical Research; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D016294:Models, Nursing; D011361:Professional Competence
keywords: Concept analysis; nursing; professionalism