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,Chapter 01: Role Transitions
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MULTIPLEiCHOICE

1. bAigraduateinurseihasibeenihirediasiainurseiatiailocalihospital.iTheinewinurseiisiinithei
.ihoneymooniphaseiofiroleitransitioniwhenimakingiwhichiofitheifollowingistatements?

“Iiamisoinervousiaboutibeingionimyiowniasiainurse.”
ib a.i

b. “Thisiwillibeiaigreatilearningiexperience.” .

c. “Iican’tiwaititoihaveiaisteadyipaycheck.”
d. “Thisijobiisiperfect.iIicanifinallyidoithingsimyiowniway.”


ANSWER:iD .
Theihoneymooniphaseiisiwhenitheistudentinurseiseesitheiworldiofinursingiasiquiteirosy.iOftbe
n,itheinewigraduateiisifascinatediwithitheithrilliofiarrivingiinitheiprofession.iRealityishockib oc
cursiwhenioneimovesiintoitheiworkforceiafteriseveraliyearsiofieducationalipreparation.iRbeco
veryiandiresolutionioccuriwhenitheigraduateinurseiisiableitoilaughiati.iencounteredisituatbions.i
Duringithisitime,itensionidecreases,iperceptioniincreases,ianditheinurseiisiableitoigrowib asiaip
erson.
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PTS:i1 DIF:iCognitiveiLevel:iApplication/Applying
REF:iTablei1.1
OBJ:iIdentifyitheicharacteristicsiofirealityishock.bTOP:iRealityish
ock MSC:iNCLEX®:iSafeiandieffectiveicareienvironment
.

2. Whichiofitheifollowingiactionsibyitheigraduateinurseiisianiinappropriateimethodologyitoib
recoverifromirealityishock?
a. Networking .
b. Obtainingiaimentor
c. Returningitoischool
d. Joiningiaisupportigroup
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ANSWER:iC
Theitransitioniperiodiisisuccessfullyimanagediwhenitheigraduateiisiableitoievaluateitheiwork
ibsituationiobjectivelyiandipredictieffectivelyitheiactionsiandireactionsiofiotheristaff.bNurturi

ngbtheiabilityitoiseeihumoriiniaisituationimayibeiaifirstistep.iReturningitoischooliisiaipositiveist
ep
i.iafteritheigraduateihasiworkedithroughiroleitransition,ihasisomeiclinicaliexperience,iandiisir

eadyitoifocusioniainewicareeriobjective.iNetworking,iobtainingiaimentor,iandijoiningiaisuppbortigr
oupiwouldigiveitheigraduateinurseianiopportunityitoitalkitoiothersiexperiencingitheib.

, stressiassociatediwithirealityishock.iTheinurseiwouldibenefitifromi“talkingithrough”iissuesianbdile
arningihowitoicope.

PTS:i1
DIF:iCognitiveiLevel:iApplication/Applyingi.b
REF:ip.i9
OBJ:iDescribeimethodsitoipromoteiaisuccessfulitransition.i
TOP:iRealityishock
MSC:iNCLEX®:iSafeiandieffectiveicareienvironmentiNotiapplicable
.

3. Ainurseiisitryingitoiavoidiburnout.iWhichiofitheifollowingiactionsiisiaivalidiwayitoiachieveithis
?
a. Refusingitoiconstantlyiworkiextraishifts .
b. Withdrawingifromipeerisupportigroup
c. “Goinginative”
d. Changingijobsieveryi6itoi12imonthsi.

ANSWER:iA
Oneiofitheiquickestiwaysitoiexperienceiburnoutiisitoi“overworkitheiovertime.”iSetiprioritiesib w
ithiyourimentaliandiphysicalihealthibeingitheihighestipriority.iLearningitoisayi“no”itoiextraib shi
ftsiisiaipositiveimeansioficopingiofiavoidingiburnout.i“Goinginative”iisitheitermithati.idescrbibesi
howirecentigraduatesibeginitoicopyiandiidentifyitheirealityiofitheirirole-
transitioniexperienceibyirejectingitheivaluesifrominursingischooliandifunctioningimoreilikeiaib t
eamimemberiatitheiriplaceiofiemployment.iWithdrawingifromipeerisupportigroups,i“goinginbati
ve,”i.iandichangingijobsieveryi6itoi12imonthsiwouldiincreaseitheichanceiofitheinurseiexperibenci
ngb burnout.iTheinurseishouldiinsteadifocusionihis/heripracticeiandiseekioutisupportifromiot
heribnurses.
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PTS:i1
DIF:iCognitiveiLevel:iApplication/Applyingb
REF:ip.i7
OBJ:iDescribeimethodsitoipromoteiaisuccessfulitransition.i
TOP:iRealityishock
MSC:iNCLEX®:iSafeiandieffectiveicareienvironmentiNotiapplicablei.


4. Whichiofitheifollowingistatementsibyitheigraduateinurseishowsianiunderstandingiofireb
alityibshockiasiitiappliesitoinursing?i.
a. “Realityishockiisitheiperiodiwheniaipersonimovesifromischooliintoithe


b. workforce.”“Realityishockiisitheirealizationithatipracticeiandieducationiareinotitheisab
me.”
c. “Realityishockiisitheiperiodifromigraduationitoibecomingianiexperiencedinurse.”.
d. “Realityishockiisiaitransitioniphaseithatinewigraduatesigoithroughibeforeichangingijob
bs.”

ANSWER:iA .