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MULTIPLEiCHOICE

1. Aigraduateinurseihasibeenihirediasiainurseiatiailocalihospital.iTheinewinurseiisiinithei
.ihoneymooniphaseiofiroleitransitioniwhenimakingiwhichiofitheifollowingistatements?

i a.i“Iiamisoinervousiaboutibeingionimyiowniasiainurse.”
b. “Thisiwillibeiaigreatilearningiexperience.” .

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


ANSWER:iD .
Theihoneymooniphaseiisiwhenitheistudentinurseiseesitheiworldiofinursingiasiquiteirosy.iOft
en,itheinewigraduateiisifascinatediwithitheithrilliofiarrivingiinitheiprofession.iRealityishocki
occursiwhenioneimovesiintoitheiworkforceiafteriseveraliyearsiofieducationalipreparation.iR
ecoveryiandiresolutionioccuriwhenitheigraduateinurseiisiableitoilaughiati.iencounteredisituat
ions.iDuringithisitime,itensionidecreases,iperceptioniincreases,ianditheinurseiisiableitoigrowi
asiaiperson.
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PTS:i1 DIF:iCognitiveiLevel:iApplication/Applying
REF:iTablei1.1 OBJ:iIdentifyitheicharacteristicsiofirealityishock.
TOP:iRealityishock MSC:iNCLEX®:iSafeiandieffectiveicareienvironment
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2. Whichiofitheifollowingiactionsibyitheigraduateinurseiisianiinappropriateimethodologyitoi
recoverifromirealityishock?
a. Networking .
b. Obtainingiaimentor
c. Returningitoischool
d. Joiningiaisupportigroup
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ANSWER:iC
Theitransitioniperiodiisisuccessfullyimanagediwhenitheigraduateiisiableitoievaluateitheiwork
i situationiobjectivelyiandipredictieffectivelyitheiactionsiandireactionsiofiotheristaff.

Nurturing
theiabilityitoiseeihumoriiniaisituationimayibeiaifirstistep.iReturningitoischooliisiaipositiveistep
i.iafteritheigraduateihasiworkedithroughiroleitransition,ihasisomeiclinicaliexperience,iandiisir

eadyitoifocusioniainewicareeriobjective.iNetworking,iobtainingiaimentor,iandijoiningiaisupp
ortigroupiwouldigiveitheigraduateinurseianiopportunityitoitalkitoiothersiexperiencingithei .

, stressiassociatediwithirealityishock.iTheinurseiwouldibenefitifromi“talkingithrough”iissuesian
dilearningihowitoicope.

PTS:i1 DIF:iCognitiveiLevel:iApplication/Applyingi.
REF:ip.i9
OBJ:iDescribeimethodsitoipromoteiaisuccessfulitransition.i
TOP:iRealityishock
MSC:iNCLEX®:iSafeiandieffectiveicareienvironmentiNotiapplicable
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3. Ainurseiisitryingitoiavoidiburnout.iWhichiofitheifollowingiactionsiisiaivalidiwayitoiachieveithis
?
a. Refusingitoiconstantlyiworkiextraishifts .
b. Withdrawingifromipeerisupportigroup
c. “Goinginative”
d. Changingijobsieveryi6itoi12imonthsi.

ANSWER:iA
Oneiofitheiquickestiwaysitoiexperienceiburnoutiisitoi“overworkitheiovertime.”iSetiprioritiesi
withiyourimentaliandiphysicalihealthibeingitheihighestipriority.iLearningitoisayi“no”itoiextrai
shiftsiisiaipositiveimeansioficopingiofiavoidingiburnout.i“Goinginative”iisitheitermithati.idescr
ibesihowirecentigraduatesibeginitoicopyiandiidentifyitheirealityiofitheirirole-
transitioniexperienceibyirejectingitheivaluesifrominursingischooliandifunctioningimoreilikeiai
teamimemberiatitheiriplaceiofiemployment.iWithdrawingifromipeerisupportigroups,i“goingin
ative,”i.iandichangingijobsieveryi6itoi12imonthsiwouldiincreaseitheichanceiofitheinurseiexperi
encing
burnout.iTheinurseishouldiinsteadifocusionihis/heripracticeiandiseekioutisupportifromiot
heri nurses.
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PTS:i1 DIF:iCognitiveiLevel:iApplication/Applying
REF:ip.i7
OBJ:iDescribeimethodsitoipromoteiaisuccessfulitransition.i
TOP:iRealityishock
MSC:iNCLEX®:iSafeiandieffectiveicareienvironmentiNotiapplicablei.


4. Whichiofitheifollowingistatementsibyitheigraduateinurseishowsianiunderstandingiofire
alityi shockiasiitiappliesitoinursing?i .
a. “Realityishockiisitheiperiodiwheniaipersonimovesifromischooliintoithe


b. workforce.”“Realityishockiisitheirealizationithatipracticeiandieducationiareinotitheisa
me.”
c. “Realityishockiisitheiperiodifromigraduationitoibecomingianiexperiencedinurse.”.
d. “Realityishockiisiaitransitioniphaseithatinewigraduatesigoithroughibeforeichangingijo
bs.”

ANSWER:iA .