Nursing socialization becoming a professional nurse Flashcards
Definitions involved with nursing
spiritual cultural holistic education autonomy
Illinois Definition of nurse practice
“Registered professional nursing practice” is a scientific process founded on a professional body of knowledge; it is a learned profession based on the understanding of the human condition across the life span and environment and includes all nursing specialities and means the performance of any nursing act based upon professional knowledge, judgment, and skills acquired by means of completion of an approved professional nursing education program.
Shaping professional identity
Personal experience
Preconceived ideas
Value driven
Pragmatism (economics, lifestyle,etc)
Transition from student to nurse
Formal socialization
Nursing faculty as the first mentor
Orderly, building-block fashion
Informal socialization – incidental lessons
Professional socialization
Absorbing the culture of nursing – rites, rituals, and valued behaviors
Learning vocabulary
Learning new roles and anxiety, disappointments and frustrations, and disillusionment
What is reality shock?
- When ideals and reality collide
- It generates psychological stress that decrease the ability of individuals to cope effectively with the demands of the new role.
causes of reality shock
Absence of positive reinforcement (such as one gets from clinical faculty) and lack of frequent communication
Lack of support, such as the availability of faculty that students have
The gap between the ideals taught in school and the actual work setting
The inability to provide nursing care effectively because of circumstances such as a heavy case load or time constraints
strategies to reduce reality shock
Seek practical experiences outside of school
Balance work with academic responsibilities
“Shadowing” programs
Take initiative to form group for mutual support
Mentors and preceptors
Care for self
