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1. Aagraduateanurseahasabeenahiredaasaaanurseaataaalocalahospital.aTheanewanurseaisainath
ea.ahoneymoonaphaseaofaroleatransitionawhenamakingawhichaofatheafollowingastatements
?a a.a“Iaamasoanervousaaboutabeingaonamyaownaasaaanurse.”
b. “Thisawillabeaaagreatalearningaexperience.” .

c. “Iacan’tawaitatoahaveaaasteadyapaycheck.”
d. “Thisajobaisaperfect.aIacanafinallyadoathingsamyaownaway.”

ANSWER:aD .
Theahoneymoonaphaseaisawhenatheastudentanurseaseesatheaworldaofanursingaasaquitearosy.aOft
en,atheanewagraduateaisafascinatedawithatheathrillaofaarrivingainatheaprofession.aRealityashocka
occursawhenaoneamovesaintoatheaworkforceaafteraseveralayearsaofaeducationalapreparation.a
Recoveryaandaresolutionaoccurawhenatheagraduateanurseaisaableatoalaughaata.aencounteredasit
uations.aDuringathisatime,atensionadecreases,aperceptionaincreases,aandatheanurseaisaableatoagr
owaasaaaperson.
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PTS:a1 DIF:aCognitiveaLevel:aApplication/Applying
REF:aTablea1.1 OBJ:aIdentifyatheacharacteristicsaofarealityashock.
TOP:aRealityashock MSC:aNCLEX®:aSafeaandaeffectiveacareaenvironment
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2. Whichaofatheafollowingaactionsabyatheagraduateanurseaisaanainappropriateamethodologyat
oa recoverafromarealityashock?
a. Networking .
b. Obtainingaaamentor
c. Returningatoaschool
d. Joiningaaasupportagroup
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ANSWER:aC
Theatransitionaperiodaisasuccessfullyamanagedawhenatheagraduateaisaableatoaevaluateatheawor
ka situationaobjectivelyaandapredictaeffectivelyatheaactionsaandareactionsaofaotherastaff.
Nurturing
theaabilityatoaseeahumorainaaasituationamayabeaaafirstastep.aReturningatoaschoolaisaaapositiveaste
pa.aafteratheagraduateahasaworkedathrougharoleatransition,ahasasomeaclinicalaexperience,aandai
sareadyatoafocusaonaaanewacareeraobjective.aNetworking,aobtainingaaamentor,aandajoiningaaas
upportagroupawouldagiveatheagraduateanurseaanaopportunityatoatalkatoaothersaexperiencingat
hea .

, stressaassociatedawitharealityashock.aTheanurseawouldabenefitafroma“talkingathrough”aissuesaanda
learningahowatoacope.

PTS:a1 DIF:aCognitiveaLevel:aApplication/Applyinga.
REF:ap.a9
OBJ:aDescribeamethodsatoapromoteaaasuccessfulatransition.aT
OP:aRealityashock
MSC:aNCLEX®:aSafeaandaeffectiveacareaenvironmentaNotaapplicable
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3. Aanurseaisatryingatoaavoidaburnout.aWhichaofatheafollowingaactionsaisaaavalidawayatoaachieveathis
?
a. Refusingatoaconstantlyaworkaextraashifts .

b. Withdrawingafromapeerasupportagroup
c. “Goinganative”
d. Changingajobsaeverya6atoa12amonthsa.

ANSWER:aA
Oneaofatheaquickestawaysatoaexperienceaburnoutaisatoa“overworkatheaovertime.”aSetaprioritiesa
withayouramentalaandaphysicalahealthabeingatheahighestapriority.aLearningatoasaya“no”atoaextra
ashiftsaisa aapositiveameansaofacopingaofaavoidingaburnout.a“Goinganative”aisatheatermathata.adesc

ribesahowarecentagraduatesabeginatoacopyaandaidentifyathearealityaofatheirarole-
transitionaexperienceabyarejectingatheavaluesafromanursingaschoolaandafunctioningamorealikeaaat
eamamemberaatatheiraplaceaofaemployment.aWithdrawingafromapeerasupportagroups,a“goinga
native,”a.aandachangingajobsaeverya6atoa12amonthsawouldaincreaseatheachanceaofatheanurseaexp
eriencing
burnout.aTheanurseashouldainsteadafocusaonahis/herapracticeaandaseekaoutasupportafromaoth
era nurses.
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PTS:a1 DIF:aCognitiveaLevel:aApplication/Applying
REF:ap.a7
OBJ:aDescribeamethodsatoapromoteaaasuccessfulatransition.aT
OP:aRealityashock
MSC:aNCLEX®:aSafeaandaeffectiveacareaenvironmentaNotaapplicablea.


4. Whichaofatheafollowingastatementsabyatheagraduateanurseashowsaanaunderstandingaofar
ealitya shockaasaitaappliesatoanursing?a .
a. “Realityashockaisatheaperiodawhenaaapersonamovesafromaschoolaintoathe

b. workforce.”“Realityashockaisathearealizationathatapracticeaandaeducationaareanotatheas
ame.”
c. “Realityashockaisatheaperiodafromagraduationatoabecomingaanaexperiencedanurse.”.
d. “Realityashockaisaaatransitionaphaseathatanewagraduatesagoathroughabeforeachangingaj
obs.”

ANSWER:aA .