...Abstract This paper is about the socialization of nursing, which includes the internalization of the attitudes and values of the role. The importance of role modeling the applied behaviors and skills through preceptor experiences to aid the new nurse is discussed. The importance of the socialization process and its impact on staff recruitment and retention is touched on. The author also shares her experience upon entry to the nursing profession and how it helped her socialization. According to Creasia and Friberg, socialization is the process of becoming- acquiring knowledge and skills and internalizing attitudes and values specific to a given social group. (Creasia & Friberg, 2011) The term socialization used here refers to the process through which novice practitioners are merged into the profession to become professional practitioners (Mooney, 2007). Socialization into nursing is recognized as more than just acquiring the skills and knowledge necessary to performs a role, but as also including understanding the values and norms that are fundamental to the essence of the profession. (Price, 2009) The process of socialization into nursing should occur through role modeling and reinforcement of applied behaviors and skills. Research shows that in order to progress successfully into a professional nurse the early parts of socialization to that role is significant. The socialization into nursing can be a very intense stressful experience. Upon reviewing the reports...
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...Socialization into nursing Student's Name Course Number May 29, 2014 Faculty Name Socialization into nursing The concept of the socialization of nursing and the actual application and practice of nursing, in my experience, are two completely different ideals. While the research suggests that professional socialization into the practice of nursing is where “individuals acquire a personal identity and learn the values, norms, behaviors, and social skills appropriate to their social position” (Melrose, Miller, Gordon, & Janzen, 2012, pg. 2), my experience was diametrically different. I encountered more dissension amongst the other nurses and very few of them had any interest in acclimating new recruits. The orientation process was more like a sink or swim environment and the only real transference of knowledge came when I confronted the more experienced nurses and bombarded them with questions regarding the specifics of the cultural processes and procedures. Conceptually, socialization into nursing should have been an opportunity for me to develop an identity as a nursing professional, however, that really didn’t take place until I after my orientation and I migrated to a different shift, with a new group of professional nurses who saw that I needed their assistance. At this point in my nursing journey, the process of socialization began to be more textbook like. New nurses were heavily oriented to the environment and were encouraged to ask questions. We were assigned...
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...about is the shortage of nurses. This has been a long standing problem, even in the days of Ms. Florence Nightingale, when she and her nurses "used limited resources to address unlimited wants for healthcare (Cherry & Jacob, 2014)". They did the best they could and were able to improve the soldiers' condition dramatically. Agreeably, the situation is far better today. This topic is of great importance because, a shortage of nurses means that the ratio of patient to nurse increases and this can result in nurses being overwhelmed. It also affects the every aspect of patients’ care and it increases the risk of negative patients’ outcomes. It makes nurses apprehensive when they are going to work and that is not a good way to feel on a regular basis. Some of the reasons listed as causes of shortage of nurses include lack of good role models and early professional socialization, unrealistic workload, an aging workforce, negative work environment, retention problem, and insufficient nursing faculty staff. I chose the first article "Becoming a nurse: a meta-study of early professional socialization and career choice in nursing," because it attempts to deal with the issue of nursing shortage by investigating what motivates young people to choose nursing as a career and early professional socialization (Price, 2009). It highlighted the need to have good mentors, peers and role models, especially as new nurses are transitioning into the profession. A lot of new nurses report having negative...
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...characteristics and learn the ways of thought and behaviour considered appropriate in our society is called socialisation. (Bilton, 1987) Socialization is a lifelong process that begins with learning the norms and roles of the family and subculture, and making self-concept. Norm – specific guideline for actions – a rule that says how people should behave in certain circumstances (Duffy, 2013) As individuals grow older and join new groups and assume new roles, they learn new norms and redefine their self-concept (Brinkerhoff et al, 2007) From the psychological and sociological perspective, the concept of socialization has been defined as a state in which an individual is accommodated within a particular cultural group (Ryynänen, 2001). According to Davis (1968), professional socialization of student nurses was introduced in the literature as early as 1958 (Tradewell, 1996). Professional socialization is a critical aspect of nursing students' development, which begins with entry into the nursing program and continues with entry into the workforce (Chitty, 2005) There is many definitions of the socialisation process in nursing however they all mainly say that it is the development of a professional identity through the acquisition of knowledge, skills, attitudes, beliefs, values, norms, and ethical standards in order to fulfill a professional role that is, a nurse. As a student, we learn the role in the education setting. Cohen (1981) uses the theory of cognitive development to develop...
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...competent nurse is able to evaluate the needs of clients and families through the use of a Heritage Assessment Tool. The successful completion of a Heritage Assessment Tool will provide the basis for understanding traditional health and illness beliefs and practices. The incorporation of the patient’s The Journal of Transcultural Nursing states as it’s 6th standard of practice for transcultural nursing the following: Nurses shall recognize the effect of health care policies, delivery systems, and resources on their patient populations and shall empower and advocate for their patients as indicated. Nurses shall advocate for the inclusion of their patient’s cultural beliefs and practices in all dimensions of their health care. (Lauderdale, Milstead, Nardi, Purnell, Douglas, Pierce, Rosenkoeter, Pacquiao, Callister, Hattar-Pollara, 2011) In order for the nurse to support their patient in receiving the best of health care it is imperative the nurse understand their patient’s heritage. “Health care organizations should ensure that patients receive from all staff members effective, understandable, and respectful care that is provided in a manner compatible with their cultural health beliefs and practices and preferred language” (Jarvis, 2012, p. 12) To provide this standard of care as defined by the Office of Minority Health, within the Cabinet of Health and Human Services one area that needs to be determined is the patient’s heritage. The nurse must provide...
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...Nursing 2312 Course Title: Dynamics of Professional Nursing Placement: Level II Credit Hours: 3 Semester Hours Pre-requisites: Completion of General Studies requirements and nursing support courses or special permission. Faculty: Course Description: This course is designed to introduce the registered nurse student to concepts inherent in baccalaureate nursing education. The philosophy, conceptual framework, program purpose and objectives will be discussed. Emphasis will be placed on the nursing process, as well as knowledge and skills that bridge prior learning experiences with current professional nursing practice. Course Objectives: 1. Describe the characteristics of professional nursing practice. 2. Interpret the relationship of the major concepts and theories threaded throughout the nursing curriculum to professional nursing practice. 3. Relate to professional nursing practice philosophical beliefs about man, environment and health. 4. Evaluate how nursing theory guides nursing practice. 5. Analyze how the professional nurse utilizes the nursing process to maximize quality care outcomes for individuals, families and communities. Teaching/Learning Activities: One or a combination of the following strategies/activities may be used during instruction in this course 1. Lecture 2. Group discussion 3. Reading Assignments 4. Student Presentation 5. Experiential...
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...In our lesson, the process of socialization from RN to BSN is described as a “transformation”. The lesson states “Socialization is the interactive process of developing an identity through learning the knowledge, skills, values, attitudes, and norms needed to perform the role.” Developing this identity requires a transformation through adapting to new roles, especially to the role of student. Many factors are important in this process. This transformation requires our roles to be shifted in our personal and professional lives, in addition we become a novice again. This may challenge us at times, since we have already been practicing as nurses and have our own beliefs about our practice. According to our text (Hood, 2010, p. 11) recognizing that socialization has various stages can help us identify potential feelings of discomfort so that we can steer effectively rather than react to the change process. This process can be most effective, I feel, by understanding and keeping in the forefront the knowledge that this is a process and it is actually occurring. A good resource is to understand the models presented in our text (Hood, 2010, pp. 12-14) “Bridge’s Managing Transitions” and “Benner’s Novice-to-Expert Model”. They can help us to remind ourselves where we are at in this process, allowing us to make changes and re-evaluate our current state of mind. Another resource to assist in this transformation, I feel, is to remind ourselves of the goal/value of attaining the title...
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...roles such as androgyny, are not inborn that is children are taught these traits. As soon as a child is identified as being a male or female then everybody start treating him or her as such. Children learn to move in gendered ways through the support of their environment. They are taught the gendered roles projected by someone who is female or male. As the child grows up, he develops his identity, to know how to interact with others and learn the role to play in the society. (Lorber, Judith. 2005.) There are many drivers involved in the socialization process, which transfers the traditional role to the children and henceforth leading to occupational segregation later on. One set of gender socialization occur between parents and offspring, parents are considered to be the primary agency in the process of socialization, they are inclined to interact with boys and girls in a discrete manner. One of the most influential driver of the socialization process is the mass media. In mainstream media, stereotyping is a standard way of characterizing people, leading women characters are often seen as overwhelmed by their responsibilities compared to their male counterparts. When females characters are in postion of absolute power, they frequently engage in deceitful, irresponsible behavior (Kendall, 2004). In the most recent, show Breaking Bad, the leading actress involves herself in an adulterous affair, even though her husband is a notorious druglord,...
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...skills, judgment, and critical thinking of the nurse directly affect the quality of care provided to the patients. Although we are facing the change of technology and the healthcare system from time to time, the core value of nursing still persist. To determine the identified actions whether within the domain of nursing practice, we can refer to the American Nurses Association’s “Code of Ethics for Nurses” (ANA, 2001) which helps nurses to implement and improve standard of practice; and also the “Scope and Standards of Clinical Nursing Practical” (ANA, 2004) which describes what the standards of practice and how competent the nursing care through the use of the nursing process. The nurse can also refer to the policy and procedure of the institution that she’s working at, and as well as the State Board of Nursing according to the state you are practicing nursing. In my state, there is California Board of Registered Nursing that provides the Nurse Practice Act as our guideline to follow. Reference Creasia J. & Friberg E. (2011) socialization to professional nursing. Conceptual Foundation: The Bridge to professional Nursing Practice.5th Edition, p.50, Mosby. ( web: www.elsevier.com/permission. Nurse Practice Act, California Board of Nursing (web: www.rn.ca.gov/regulations/npa.shtml American Nurses Association: code of Ethics for nurses for nurses with interpretative statements.2001, Author, Washington, DC. American Nurses Association: Nursing: Scope and standards of Clinical...
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...Gender Socialization through Toys and Sports In today’s society, there are many guidelines of how one should act and be. Gender socialization is the process where people take on notions of gender roles, gender ideas and gender behaviours. At an early age, boys and girls are told how to behave and act according to societal norms of gender behaviours and roles. The comparison of Jane Smiley’s article “You Can Never Have too Many” and John McMurty’s , “Kill ‘Em! Crush ‘Em! Eat ‘Em Raw!” provides an insight about how gender socialization is conditioned through toys and sports at an early age. Also teaching and reinforcing stereotypical gender roles through traits, appearances and occupation. (this is an incomplete sentence and it doesn’t flow very well with the previous sentence) Specific toys and sports are associated with certain genders and generalizes the role that boys and girls should uphold. Male characteristics are thought to be strong, tough and are unable to show weakness whereas female roles are to be nurturing, supportive and caring. In Jane Smiley’s article, the author focuses on how Barbie plays a positive role model in her daughter’s childhood. Barbie is portrayed as beautiful woman who posses feminine qualities. Young girls who tend to play with Barbie dolls have a mind set that they should grow up to be like Barbie. “Lucy could apply lipstick with her eyes closed by the time she was five.” (Smiley 238) This quote shows that children are easily influenced by the...
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...Introduction In recent years, the healthcare industry has experienced a looming nursing crisis in health facilities. This problem has posed crisis towards establishing better health for those in need. The primary concern concerning this looming nursing shortage is identifying the root cause. Apparently, it appears as if that this crisis established its primary source in nursing training and retention in hospitals, care facilities, and other institutions. It appears as if there is serious downfall in the practicum of nurse-executive. Consequently, the concerned authority seems to portray weakness strategies in conducting this nursing practicum that has led to shortages of faculty. The big inquiry is whether these training facilities offer standardized training that would present the needed feedback facilitating nursing transition and retaining nursing staff. The central focus would then be whether this strategy would pose positive impacts in nursing training. This capstone project will explore these nursing concepts with a primary intention of presenting the root cause of nursing crisis in health facility. Annotated Bibliography Seago, A. J., Alvarado, A., Keane, D., Grumbach, K., & Spetz, J. (2006). The nursing shortage: is it really about image? Journal of Health Management, 51(2), 96-10. A research conducted in tertiary institutions Central Valley by Seago and the rest confirmed that nursing occupation lagged behind other occupations. This perspective is attributed by...
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...touching to balance the energy fields. This helps to relieve pain and achieve relaxation by decreasing anxiety. Imagery is recall of past events which could be used to bring pleasant memories to help in relaxation. These methods help to build trust on nurse and speed up recovery time. Integrality This describes interaction and changes that happens between human and environment. A calm and friendly approach by nurse makes a positive impact on the patient which helps in better cooperation and compliance with plan. This theory also describes about the collaborative work with the patient by nurse such as a smoking cessation program. Synchronized approach is needed in this case with nurse providing continuous support and education for the success of the program. Pattern appraisal, Mutual patterning and evaluation Pattern appraisal is the comprehensive assessment of environmental and human field. Mutual patterning refers to the implementation of methods such as education, holistic methods, activities, exercises, socialization, personal hygiene, healthy diet and habits, caregiver and family education, environmental changes. Evaluation is repeated to assess progress. References: Martha Rogers - Theory of Unitary Human Beings - Nurses labs. (2014). Retrieved May 13, 2016, from http://nurseslabs.com/martha-e-rogers-theory-unitary-human-beings/ Cresaia, J., & Friberg, E. (2010). Conceptual foundations: The bridge to professional nursing practice (5th ed). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier...
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...In this journal I observed the following social behaviors and social processes. I observed Gender Socialization which are defined as “Process by which males and females are taught the appropriate behaviors, attitudes, and traits for their biological sex. It begins at birth and continues through their lives” (Kimmel and Aronson 2012:498). I also observed Social Interactions which can be defined as “The foundation for societal groups and relationships and the process of how people behave interact with each other” (Kimmel and Aronson 2012:504). I noticed Secondary Socialization which can be defined as “A cultures most basic values, which are passed on to children…” (Kimmel and Aronson 2012:502). I noticed quite a few peer groups which can be defined as “Our group of friends and winder group of acquaintances who have an enormous socializing influence…” (Kimmel and Aronson 2012:502). Lastly I observed Anticipatory Socialization which can be defined as “The process of learning and adopting the beliefs, values and behaviors of groups that one anticipates joining in the future ” (Kimmel and Aronson 2012:491). I observed Gender Socialization while I was at work this boy was told he needed to clean the bathrooms by his female manager and he told her in reply that “that’s not my job I am a male and that is a women’s job”. I also watched a little girl pick up a toy fire truck and tell her the women she was with that could be described as her grandma because she was older with gray hair...
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...The media has a lot of control over the socialization process. When one looks at the values of a society and one sees that the media has changed significantly over the past thirty years in terms of sexual content, sexual undertones, and violence. People have become numb to programs and reports that in the past would have created a stir. The media has helped to mold our social mores. When the media presents homosexuality in a more pleasant tone, persons have become more accepting of the stands. Rosie O'Donnell was aware of this when she aired her program about families of gay people on a cruise ship. It was addressed at helping to alter public opinion of what constitutes a family in the 21st century. News shows only present the information that will sell. The media operates on the support of sponsors. If an issue is not going to draw public interest, the media will not present it. The news media also reflects the opinions of the person's who create the news as a team. The fashion industry and product market functions on the media attitude that if the public identifies with a product it will sell. In order to sell products sexuality and music serve to entice the public. Yes, the media has a significant impact on the social values and mores in a society. AGENTS OF SOCIALIZATION IN U.S SOCIETY There are four major agents of socialization in the life of many people today. Those major agents are family, school, peers, and mass media. There are also two other agents called religion...
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...station in life. She knew that cleanliness, fresh air, sanitation, comfort and socialization were necessary to healing. Virginia Henderson is known as the modern-day mother of nursing. Her work focused on the patient centered care. St. Mary’s Philosophy refers to our belief system of the nursing profession and provides perspectives for care of the patient, nursing practice, leadership, scholarship and research. We believe the Patient is an individual, family, specific population or community with unique health needs, influenced by cultural, ethnic, social, economic, developmental, educational, linguistic and spiritual factors. The patient is entitled to respect, dignity, privacy and confidentiality in a caring and healing environment. The patient deserves to be fully informed, educated and involved in all health care decisions and is an empowered member of a support system. We believe the Nurse is key to our Call to Action in achieving healthcare that is safe, healthcare that works and healthcare that leaves no one behind. The nurse establishes a trusting relationship with the patient/family/support system and uses the nursing process to achieve patient/family centered goals. The nurse is clinically competent and exhibits caring behaviors which are guided by ethical principles. At St. Mary’s we believe Nursing Leadership is an integral part of every nurse’s practice. We believe every nurse is a leader, a leader at the bedside, a leader in the clinic, a leader in education...
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