UNIT I: PROFESSIONAL GROWTH AND TRANSITION
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1. Role Transitions
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2. Personal Management: Time and Self-Care Strategies
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3. Mentorship, Preceptorship, and Nurse Residency Programsgh gh gh gh gh
4. Employment Considerations:Opportunities, Resumes, and Interviewing
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5. NCLEX-RN Exam® and the New Graduate gh gh gh gh gh
UNIT II: NURSING: A DEVELOPING PROFESSION
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6. Historical Perspectives: Influences on the Present
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7. Nursing Education gh
8. Nursing Theories gh
9. Professional Image of Nursing gh gh gh
UNIT III: NURSING MANAGEMENT
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10. Challenges of Nursing Management and Leadership gh gh gh gh gh
11. Building Nursing Management Skills gh gh gh
12. Effective Communication, Team Building, and Interprofessional Practice
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13. Conflict Management gh
14. Delegation in the Clinical Setting gh gh gh gh
UNIT IV: CURRENT ISSUES IN HEALTH CARE
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15. The Health Care Organization and Patterns of Nursing Care Delivery
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16. Economics of the Health Care Delivery System gh gh gh gh gh gh
17. Political Action in Nursing, 397 gh gh gh gh
18. Collective Bargaining: Traditional (Union) and Nontraditional Approaches
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19. Ethical Issues gh
20. Legal Issues gh
UNIT V: CONTEMPORARY NURSING PRACTICE
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21. Cultural and Spiritual Awareness gh gh gh
22. Quality Patient Care gh gh
23. Nursing Informatics gh
24. Using Evidence-Based Practice and Nursing Research
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25. Workplace Issues gh
26. Emergency Preparedness gh
, 1. Role Transitions
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MULTIPLE CHOICE
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1. A g hgraduate nurse has been hired as
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g h hospital. The new nurse is
g h in the honeymoon g phase
h of role gh g h g h g h g h g h g h gh
g h transition when making which
g h of the following statements? g h g h g h g h gh g h
a. —I g h am g h so g h nervous g h about g h being g h on g h my g h own g h as g h a g h nurse.‖
b. —This will be g h g h g h a g h great g h learning experience.‖ g h
c. —I can‘t wait g h g h g h to g h have g h a steady paycheck.‖
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d. —This g h job g h is g h perfect. gh gh I g h can gh gh finally g h do gh gh things g h my g h own g h way.‖
ANS: g h D
The g honeymoon
h phase is when the student
g h nurse sees the g h g h g h g h g h g h g h
g h world of nursingg h as quite rosy.
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g h fascinated with the thrill g ofh arriving in the gprofession.
h Reality g h g h g h g h gh g h g h
g h shock occurs when
g h one moves into the
g hworkforce after several g h g h g h g h g h g h gh
g h years of educational
g h preparation.
g h Recovery and resolution occur g h g h g h g h g h
g h when the graduate nurse
g h is able
gh to laugh at encountered
gh g h g h g h g h g h g h
g h situations. During this time, tension
g h decreases, perception g h g h g h g h g h
g h increases, and the nurseg ish able to growg as
h a person. g h g h g h g h g h g h g h gh
PTS: gh gh 1 g h DIF: g h Cognitive gh gh Level: gh gh Application gh gh REF: gh gh p. gh g h 7
OBJ: g h Identify g h the g h characteristics g h of g h reality g h s h o Nc kU. RTSOIPN:GRTeBa.lCitO
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g h s ho c k MSC:
M gh g h NCLEX®: g h Safe g h and g h effective g h care
g h environment—management g h of g h care
2. Which g h of g hthe following actions
g by the
h g h g h g h g h graduate nurse g h
g h is g h an g h inappropriate methodology to recover gh g h g h g h from reality shock? g h g h
a. Networking c. Returning gh gh to gh gh school
b. Obtaining gh gh a gh gh mentor d. Joining gh gh a g h support gh gh group
ANS: gh gh C
The transition
g h period is successfully managed
g h when the graduate g h g h g h g h g h g h
g his able
g h to evaluate the g h work situation gh objectively and predict g h g h g h g h g h g h
g heffectively the actions and g h g h g h
reactions of other staff.
g h Nurturing g h the ability to see humor
g h in g h g h g h g h g h g h g h
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gh situation
g h may be a first step.
g h Returning to schoolg h is a g h g h g h g h g h g h g h g h
g hpositive step after the
g h graduate has worked through
g h role g h g h g h g h gh g h
g htransition, has some clinical
g hexperience, and gis ready
h to focus g h g h g h g h g h g h g h
g hon a new g h career gh objective. Networking,
g h obtaining a mentor, and
g h g h g h gh g h g h
g hjoining a support g hgroup would give
g h the graduate nurse an g h gh g h g h g h g h g h
, g h opportunity to talk g h g h g h to others
g hexperiencing the stress
g h g h gh g h g h associated g h
g h with reality
g h g h shock. g h g h g h The
g h nurse g would
h benefit g hfrom
g h g h g h g h g h g h ‗talking
g h
gh through‘ issues gandh g h g h learning how to cope.
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PTS: gh gh 1 g h DIF: g h Cognitive gh gh Level: gh gh Application gh gh REF: gh gh p. g h 8