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Transition shock: the initial stage of role adaptation for newly graduated Registered Nurses
Journal of Advanced Nursing · 2008 · Vol. 65(5) · pp. 1103–1113
Judy E. Boychuk Duchscher✉(Saskatchewan Polytechnic)
Abstract
Transition shock reinforces the need for preparatory theory about role transition for senior nursing students and the critical importance of bridging undergraduate educational curricula with escalating workplace expectations. The goal of such knowledge is the successful integration of new nursing professionals into the stressful and highly dynamic context of professional practice.
Nursing education and managementHealthcare professionals’ stress and burnoutGeriatric Care and Nursing HomesFeelingPsychologyTransition (genetics)Context (archaeology)NursingSociocultural evolutionScope of practiceShock (circulatory)Adaptation (eye)Curriculum
MeSH terms
Adaptation, PsychologicalAttitude of Health PersonnelCareer MobilityClinical CompetenceHumansStudents, NursingNursing Education ResearchNurse's Role
Funding
- Canadian Nurses Foundation
- Ministry of Health, Saskatchewan
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
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