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1. Acgraduatecnursechascbeenchiredcascacnursecatcaclocalchospital.cThecnewcnurseciscincthechoneymooncphasecofcro
lectransitioncwhencmakingcwhichcofcthecfollowingcstatements?

a. “Icamcsocnervouscaboutcbeingconcmycowncascacnurse.”

b. “Thiscwillcbecacgreatclearningcexperience.”

c. “Iccan’tcwaitctochavecacsteadycpaycheck.”

d. “Thiscjobciscperfect.cIccancfinallycdocthingscmycowncway.”


ANS:cD

Thechoneymooncphaseciscwhencthecstudentcnursecseescthecworldcofcnursingcascquitecrosy.cOften,cthecnewcgraduat
eciscfascinatedcwithcthecthrillcofcarrivingcincthecprofession.cRealitycshockcoccurscwhenconecmovescintocthecworkf
orcecaftercseveralcyearscofceducationalcpreparation.cRecoverycandcresolutioncoccurcwhencthecgraduatecnurseciscab
lectoclaughcatcencounteredcsituations.cDuringcthisctime,ctensioncdecreases,cperceptioncincreases,candcthecnursecisc
ablectocgrowcascacperson.

PTS:c1cDIF:cCognitivecLevel:cApplicationcREF:cp.c7

OBJ:cIdentifyctheccharacteristicscofcrealitycs h o Nc kU. cRTSOIPN:GRTeBa.lC
ityOM
shock

MSC:cNCLEX®:cSafecandceffectiveccarecenvironment—managementcofccare

2. Whichcofcthecfollowingcactionscbycthecgraduatecnurseciscancinappropriatecmethodologyctocrecovercfromcr
ealitycshock?

a. Networking c. Returningctocschool

b. Obtainingcacmentor d. Joiningcacsupportcgroup


ANS:cC

Thectransitioncperiodciscsuccessfullycmanagedcwhencthecgraduateciscablectocevaluatecthecworkcsituationcobjectivel
ycandcpredictceffectivelycthecactionscandcreactionscofcothercstaff.cNurturingcthecabilityctocseechumorcincacsituationc
maycbecacfirstcstep.cReturningctocschoolciscacpositivecstepcaftercthecgraduatechascworkedcthroughcrolectransition,cha
scsomecclinicalcexperience,candciscreadyctocfocusconcacnewccareercobjective.cNetworking,cobtainingcacmentor,candc
joiningcacsupportcgroupcwouldcgivecthecgraduatecnursecancopportunityctoctalkctocothers
experiencingcthecstresscassociatedcwithcrealitycshock.cThecnursecwouldcbenefitcfromc‘talkingcthrough’cissuescandc
learningchowctoccope.

PTS:c1cDIF:cCognitivecLevel:cApplicationcREF:cp.c8

OBJ:cDescribecfourcpossiblecresolutionscforcrealitycshock.cTOP:cRealitycshockcM

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3. Acnursecisctryingctocavoidcburnout.cWhichcofcthecfollowingcactionsciscacvalidcwayctocachievecthis?

a. Refusingctocconstantlycworkcextracshifts

b. Withdrawingcfromcpeercsupportcgroup

c. “Goingcnative”

d. Changingcjobsceveryc6ctoc12cmonths


ANS:cA

Onecofcthecquickestcwaysctocexperiencecburnoutcisctoc“overworkcthecovertime.”cSetcprioritiescwithcyourcmentalcan
dcphysicalchealthcbeingcthechighestcpriority.cLearningctocsayc“no”ctocextracshiftsciscacpositivecmeanscofccopingcofca
voidingcburnout.c“Goingcnative”ciscthectermcthatcdescribeschowcrecentcgraduatescbeginctoccopycandcidentifycthecre
alitycofctheircrolectransitioncexperiencecbycrejectingcthecvaluescfromcnursingcschoolcandcfunctioningcmoreclikecacte
amcmembercatctheircplacecofcemployment.cWithdrawingcfromcpeercsupportcgroups,c“goingcnative,”candcchangingc
jobsceveryc6ctoc12cmonthscwouldcincreasecthecchancecofcthecnursecexperiencingcburnout.cThecnursecshouldcinstea
dcfocusconchis/hercpracticecandcseekcoutcsupportcfromcothercnurses.

PTS:c1cDIF:cCognitivecLevel:cApplicationcREF:cp.c9

OBJ:cDescribecfourcpossiblecresolutionscforcrealitycshock.cTOP:cRealitycshockcM

SC:cNCLEX®:cSafecandceffectiveccarecenvironment—managementcofccare
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ancunderstandingcofcrealitycshockcascitc
appliesctocnursing?

a. “cRealitycshockciscthecperiodcwhencacpersoncmovescfromcschoolcintocthecworkforce.

b. “Realitycshockciscthecrealizationcthatcpracticecandceducationcarecnotcthecsame.”

c. “Realitycshockciscthecperiodcfromcgraduationctocbecomingcancexperiencedcnurse.”

d. “Realitycshockciscactransitioncphasecthatcnewcgraduatescgocthroughcbeforecchangingcjobs.”


ANS:cA

“Realitycshock”ciscactermcoftencusedctocdescribecthecreactioncexperiencedcwhenconecmovescintocthecworkforcecaft
ercseveralcyearscofceducationalcpreparation.cThecnewcgraduatecisccaughtcincthecsituationcofcmovingcfromcacfamilia
r,ccomfortableceducationalcenvironmentcintocacnewcrolecincthecworkforcecwherecthecexpectationscarecnotcclearlycd
efinedcorcmaycnotcevencbecrealistic.cThecrealizationcthatcpracticecandcnursingcschoolcarecnotcthecsameciscoftencasso
ciatedcwithc“goingcnative.”cWhencnursescmovecfromconecpositionctocanother,ctheychavecalreadycexperiencedcreali
tycshock.cBecomingcancexperiencedcnursectakesctimecandciscnotcpartcofcthecdefinitioncofcrealitycshock.

PTS:c1cDIF:cCognitivecLevel:cApplicationcREF:cp.c6

OBJ:cComparecandccontrastcthecphasescofcrealitycshock.cTOP:cRealitycshockcMS

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5.cAcstudentcinctheclastcsemestercofcnursingcschoolchascestablishedcacgoalcofcmakingcacsuccessfulcrolectransitionct
ocgraduatecnurse.cWhichcstatementcbycthecstudentcindicateschis/hercunderstandingcofchowctocachievecthiscgoal?

a. “Icshouldccarecforcincreasedcnumberscofcpatientsctocenhancecworkcorganizationcskills.”

b. “Icwillcobservecstaffcnursescasctheycperformcnursingcproceduresctocrefinectechnique.”

c. “Icshouldcseekcincreasinglycclosecguidancecfromcthecnursingcinstructorctocreducecerrors.”

d. “Icwillcevaluatecmycprogressceveryc7cweekscorcmorectocallowctimecforcgrowth.”


ANS:cA

Itciscimportantcforcthecstudentctocstartctakingccarecofcincreasedcnumberscofcpatientsctochelpcwithctimecmanagemen
tcandcworkcorganization.cThecstudentcshouldcalsocbecablectocfunctioncwithoutcclosecguidancecfromcthecnursingcin
structor.cAlthoughcitciscgoodcforcstudentsctocobservecstaff,cacstudentcincthecfinalcsemestercshouldcbecablectocperfor
mctaskscwithcminimalcobservationcandcshouldcinsteadcfocusconcimplementingccarecandctimecmanagement.cWaiti
ngc7cweeksctocevaluatecprogresscwouldcnotcbechelpfulctocthecstudent.cAlthoughcregularcself-
cevaluationciscancimportantcprocess,citciscthecactualcexperiencecofctakingcrealisticcpatientcassignmentscandcworkin

gctypicalcshiftchourscthatcassistscwithcsuccessfulcrolectransition.

PTS:c1cDIF:cCognitivecLevel:cApplicationcREF:cp.c6

OBJ:cDescribecfourcpossiblecresolutionscforcrealitycshock.cTOP:cRealitycshock

MSC:cNCLEX®:cNotcapplicable
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6. Acnewcgraduatecofclesscthanc1cyearcdescribeschis/hercperceptioncofcacstaffcnursecposition,cstating:c“Itcfeelscg
reatctocbecacnurse!cIncfact,cit’scacsnap!cIccanchardlycbelievecthere’scnocinstructorclookingcovercmycshoulder.”cW
hatcphasecofcrealitycshockciscthecgraduatecexperiencing?

a. Recovery c. Honeymoon

b. Shockcandcrejection d. Transition


ANS:cC

Incthecfirstcphasecofcthecrolectransitioncprocessc(thechoneymooncphase),cthecgraduatecnurseciscthrilledcwithccompl
etingcschoolcandcacceptingcthecfirstcjob.cLifeciscacbedcofcrosescbecauseceveryonecknowscnursingcschoolciscmuchch
ardercthancnursingcpractice.cShockcandcrejectioncoccurcascthecnursectriesctocunderstandchowcnursingcschoolcandct
hec“realcworld”ccomectogether.cTransitioncoccurscascthecnursecbeginscthecmovecfromcstudentctocnursecandcrefersct
octhecentirecprocess,cnotcjustcacparticularcphase.cThecrecoverycphaseciscwhencthecnurseccanclaughcatcsituationsctha
tche/sheciscincandciscablectoccopecwithcthecsituationscthatcarecbeingcfaced.

PTS:c1cDIF:cCognitivecLevel:cApplicationcREF:cp.c7

OBJ:cComparecandccontrastcthecphasescofcrealitycshock.cTOP:cRealitycshockcMS

C:cNCLEX®:cNotcapplicable




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