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An outcome of RN-to-baccalaureate (BSN) programs is facilitating associate's degree (ADN) nurses to transform their professional identity and practice role to that of the BSN-prepared RN. This outcome can be accomplished by using reflective strategies to facilitate students' professional identity and practice role transformation and to assist them in recognizing their transformation (Asselin, 2011 ; Ruland & Ahern, 2007). A creative professional identity project was developed to provide RN-to-BSN students with an opportunity to reflect on and creatively express their professional transformation to a BSN RN using multimedia. The project was included in the students' first nursing course in an online RN-to-BSN program. This course focuses on the professional nursing practice role of the BSN RN and introduces students to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (2008) and the National League for Nursing (2010) documents regarding the essentials of baccalaureate nursing education and the outcomes and competencies of baccalaureate nursing graduates, respectively. The course is designed to reexamine principles of nursing practice, such as evidence-based practice, communication, leadership, ethics, quality and safety, economics,...