Teaching Professional Comportment

Abstract

Professional comportment is critical to the development of professional nurses. An essential component of professional identity, professional comportment should be integrated into lifelong learning. Defined as a nurse's professional behavior, it is "demonstrated through words, actions, and presence" (University of Kansas Medical Center). Students must learn professional comportment, and practicing nurses will need to become knowledgeable to meet the needs of the new generation of nurses. [J Contin Educ Nurs. 2023;54(5):204-207.].