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1. Asgraduatesnurseshassbeenshiredsassasnursesatsaslocalshospital.sThesnewsnursesissinstheshoneymoonsphasesofsrol
estransitionswhensmakingswhichsofsthesfollowingsstatements?
a. ―Isamssosnervoussaboutsbeingsonsmysownsassasnurse.ǁ
b. ―Thisswillsbesasgreatslearningsexperience.ǁ
c. ―Iscan‘tswaitstoshavesassteadyspaycheck.ǁ
d. ―Thissjobsissperfect.sIscansfinallysdosthingssmysownsway.ǁ
ANS:sD
Theshoneymoonsphasesisswhensthesstudentsnursesseessthesworldsofsnursingsassquitesrosy.sOften,sthesnewsgraduatesi
ssfascinatedswithsthesthrillsofsarrivingsinsthesprofession.sRealitysshocksoccursswhensonesmovessintosthesworkforces
aftersseveralsyearssofseducationalspreparation.sRecoverysandsresolutionsoccurswhensthesgraduatesnursesissablestosla
ughsatsencounteredssituations.sDuringsthisstime,stensionsdecreases,sperceptionsincreases,sandsthesnursesissablestosg
rowsassasperson.
PTS:s1sDIF:sCognitivesLevel:sApplicationsREF:sp.s7
OBJ:sIdentifysthescharacteristicssofsrealityss h o Nc kU. sRTSOIP
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MSC:sNCLEX®:sSafesandseffectivescaresenvironment—managementsofscare
2. Whichsofsthesfollowingsactionssbysthesgraduatesnursesissansinappropriatesmethodologystosrecoversfromsre
alitysshock?
a. Networking c. Returningstosschool
b. Obtainingsasmentor d. Joiningsassupportsgroup
ANS:sC
Thestransitionsperiodsisssuccessfullysmanagedswhensthesgraduatesissablestosevaluatesthesworkssituationsobjectively
sandspredictseffectivelysthesactionssandsreactionssofsothersstaff.sNurturingsthesabilitystosseeshumorsinsassituationsma
ysbesasfirstsstep.sReturningstosschoolsissaspositivesstepsaftersthesgraduateshassworkedsthroughsrolestransition,shassso
mesclinicalsexperience,sandsissreadystosfocussonsasnewscareersobjective.sNetworking,sobtainingsasmentor,sandsjoini
ngsassupportsgroupswouldsgivesthesgraduatesnursesansopportunitystostalkstosotherssexperiencingsthesstresssassociate
dswithsrealitysshock.sThesnurseswouldsbenefitsfroms‗talkingsthrough‘sissuessandslearningshowstoscope.
PTS:s1sDIF:sCognitivesLevel:sApplicationsREF:sp.s8
OBJ:sDescribesfourspossiblesresolutionssforsrealitysshock.sTOP:sRealitysshocksMS
C:sNCLEX®:sSafesandseffectivescaresenvironment—managementsofscare
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, 3. Asnursesisstryingstosavoidsburnout.sWhichsofsthesfollowingsactionssissasvalidswaystosachievesthis?
a. Refusingstosconstantlysworksextrasshifts
b. Withdrawingsfromspeerssupportsgroup
c. ―Goings nativeǁ
d. Changingsjobsseverys6stos12smonths
ANS:sA
Onesofsthesquickestswaysstosexperiencesburnoutsisstos―overworksthesovertime.ǁsSetsprioritiesswithsyoursmentalsan
dsphysicalshealthsbeingstheshighestspriority.sLearningstossays―noǁstosextrasshiftssissaspositivesmeanssofscopingsofsav
oidingsburnout.s―Goingsnativeǁsissthestermsthatsdescribesshowsrecentsgraduatessbeginstoscopysandsidentifysthesreal
itysofstheirsrolestransitionsexperiencesbysrejectingsthesvaluessfromsnursingsschoolsandsfunctioningsmoreslikesastea
msmembersatstheirsplacesofsemployment.sWithdrawingsfromspeerssupportsgroups,s―goingsnative,ǁsandschangingsjo
bsseverys6stos12smonthsswouldsincreasestheschancesofsthesnursesexperiencingsburnout.sThesnursesshouldsinsteadsfo
cussonshis/herspracticesandsseeksoutssupportsfromsothersnurses.
PTS:s1sDIF:sCognitivesLevel:sApplicationsREF:sp.s9
OBJ:sDescribesfourspossiblesresolutionssforsrealitysshock.sTOP:sRealitysshocksMS
C:sNCLEX®:sSafesandseffectivescaresenvironment—managementsofscare
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4.sWhichsofsthesfollowingsstatementssbysansundergraduatesnursesdescribessunderstandingsofsrealitysshocksassitsappliesstos
nursing?
a. ―sRealitysshocksissthesperiodswhensaspersonsmovessfromsschoolsintosthesworkforce.
b. ―Realitysshocksissthesrealizationsthatspracticesandseducationsaresnotsthessame.ǁ
c. ―Realitysshocksissthesperiodsfromsgraduationstosbecomingsansexperiencedsnurse.ǁ
d. ―Realitysshocksissastransitionsphasesthatsnewsgraduatessgosthroughsbeforeschangingsjobs.ǁ
ANS:sA
―Realitysshockǁsissastermsoftensusedstosdescribesthesreactionsexperiencedswhensonesmovessintosthesworkforcesaft
ersseveralsyearssofseducationalspreparation.sThesnewsgraduatesisscaughtsinsthessituationsofsmovingsfromsasfamiliar,
scomfortableseducationalsenvironmentsintosasnewsrolesinsthesworkforceswheresthesexpectationssaresnotsclearlysdefi
nedsorsmaysnotsevensbesrealistic.sThesrealizationsthatspracticesandsnursingsschoolsaresnotsthessamesissoftensassociat
edswiths―goingsnative.ǁsWhensnursessmovesfromsonespositionstosanother,stheyshavesalreadysexperiencedsrealityss
hock.sBecomingsansexperiencedsnursestakesstimesandsissnotspartsofsthesdefinitionsofsrealitysshock.
PTS:s1sDIF:sCognitivesLevel:sApplicationsREF:sp.s6
OBJ:sComparesandscontraststhesphasessofsrealitysshock.sTOP:sRealitysshocksMSC
:sNCLEX®:sNotsapplicable
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NursingToday TransitionA
s ss s
ndTrends9th EditionZerwe
s s ss s
kh-All chapters-2022-2023
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,edsC
, Chapters01:sRealitysShocksMULTIP
LEsCHOICE
1. Asgraduatesnurseshassbeenshiredsassasnursesatsaslocalshospital.sThesnewsnursesissinstheshoneymoonsphasesofsrol
estransitionswhensmakingswhichsofsthesfollowingsstatements?
a. ―Isamssosnervoussaboutsbeingsonsmysownsassasnurse.ǁ
b. ―Thisswillsbesasgreatslearningsexperience.ǁ
c. ―Iscan‘tswaitstoshavesassteadyspaycheck.ǁ
d. ―Thissjobsissperfect.sIscansfinallysdosthingssmysownsway.ǁ
ANS:sD
Theshoneymoonsphasesisswhensthesstudentsnursesseessthesworldsofsnursingsassquitesrosy.sOften,sthesnewsgraduatesi
ssfascinatedswithsthesthrillsofsarrivingsinsthesprofession.sRealitysshocksoccursswhensonesmovessintosthesworkforces
aftersseveralsyearssofseducationalspreparation.sRecoverysandsresolutionsoccurswhensthesgraduatesnursesissablestosla
ughsatsencounteredssituations.sDuringsthisstime,stensionsdecreases,sperceptionsincreases,sandsthesnursesissablestosg
rowsassasperson.
PTS:s1sDIF:sCognitivesLevel:sApplicationsREF:sp.s7
OBJ:sIdentifysthescharacteristicssofsrealityss h o Nc kU. sRTSOIP
N:GRTeBa.lC
itO
ysM
shock
MSC:sNCLEX®:sSafesandseffectivescaresenvironment—managementsofscare
2. Whichsofsthesfollowingsactionssbysthesgraduatesnursesissansinappropriatesmethodologystosrecoversfromsre
alitysshock?
a. Networking c. Returningstosschool
b. Obtainingsasmentor d. Joiningsassupportsgroup
ANS:sC
Thestransitionsperiodsisssuccessfullysmanagedswhensthesgraduatesissablestosevaluatesthesworkssituationsobjectively
sandspredictseffectivelysthesactionssandsreactionssofsothersstaff.sNurturingsthesabilitystosseeshumorsinsassituationsma
ysbesasfirstsstep.sReturningstosschoolsissaspositivesstepsaftersthesgraduateshassworkedsthroughsrolestransition,shassso
mesclinicalsexperience,sandsissreadystosfocussonsasnewscareersobjective.sNetworking,sobtainingsasmentor,sandsjoini
ngsassupportsgroupswouldsgivesthesgraduatesnursesansopportunitystostalkstosotherssexperiencingsthesstresssassociate
dswithsrealitysshock.sThesnurseswouldsbenefitsfroms‗talkingsthrough‘sissuessandslearningshowstoscope.
PTS:s1sDIF:sCognitivesLevel:sApplicationsREF:sp.s8
OBJ:sDescribesfourspossiblesresolutionssforsrealitysshock.sTOP:sRealitysshocksMS
C:sNCLEX®:sSafesandseffectivescaresenvironment—managementsofscare
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, 3. Asnursesisstryingstosavoidsburnout.sWhichsofsthesfollowingsactionssissasvalidswaystosachievesthis?
a. Refusingstosconstantlysworksextrasshifts
b. Withdrawingsfromspeerssupportsgroup
c. ―Goings nativeǁ
d. Changingsjobsseverys6stos12smonths
ANS:sA
Onesofsthesquickestswaysstosexperiencesburnoutsisstos―overworksthesovertime.ǁsSetsprioritiesswithsyoursmentalsan
dsphysicalshealthsbeingstheshighestspriority.sLearningstossays―noǁstosextrasshiftssissaspositivesmeanssofscopingsofsav
oidingsburnout.s―Goingsnativeǁsissthestermsthatsdescribesshowsrecentsgraduatessbeginstoscopysandsidentifysthesreal
itysofstheirsrolestransitionsexperiencesbysrejectingsthesvaluessfromsnursingsschoolsandsfunctioningsmoreslikesastea
msmembersatstheirsplacesofsemployment.sWithdrawingsfromspeerssupportsgroups,s―goingsnative,ǁsandschangingsjo
bsseverys6stos12smonthsswouldsincreasestheschancesofsthesnursesexperiencingsburnout.sThesnursesshouldsinsteadsfo
cussonshis/herspracticesandsseeksoutssupportsfromsothersnurses.
PTS:s1sDIF:sCognitivesLevel:sApplicationsREF:sp.s9
OBJ:sDescribesfourspossiblesresolutionssforsrealitysshock.sTOP:sRealitysshocksMS
C:sNCLEX®:sSafesandseffectivescaresenvironment—managementsofscare
M
4.sWhichsofsthesfollowingsstatementssbysansundergraduatesnursesdescribessunderstandingsofsrealitysshocksassitsappliesstos
nursing?
a. ―sRealitysshocksissthesperiodswhensaspersonsmovessfromsschoolsintosthesworkforce.
b. ―Realitysshocksissthesrealizationsthatspracticesandseducationsaresnotsthessame.ǁ
c. ―Realitysshocksissthesperiodsfromsgraduationstosbecomingsansexperiencedsnurse.ǁ
d. ―Realitysshocksissastransitionsphasesthatsnewsgraduatessgosthroughsbeforeschangingsjobs.ǁ
ANS:sA
―Realitysshockǁsissastermsoftensusedstosdescribesthesreactionsexperiencedswhensonesmovessintosthesworkforcesaft
ersseveralsyearssofseducationalspreparation.sThesnewsgraduatesisscaughtsinsthessituationsofsmovingsfromsasfamiliar,
scomfortableseducationalsenvironmentsintosasnewsrolesinsthesworkforceswheresthesexpectationssaresnotsclearlysdefi
nedsorsmaysnotsevensbesrealistic.sThesrealizationsthatspracticesandsnursingsschoolsaresnotsthessamesissoftensassociat
edswiths―goingsnative.ǁsWhensnursessmovesfromsonespositionstosanother,stheyshavesalreadysexperiencedsrealityss
hock.sBecomingsansexperiencedsnursestakesstimesandsissnotspartsofsthesdefinitionsofsrealitysshock.
PTS:s1sDIF:sCognitivesLevel:sApplicationsREF:sp.s6
OBJ:sComparesandscontraststhesphasessofsrealitysshock.sTOP:sRealitysshocksMSC
:sNCLEX®:sNotsapplicable
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