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MULTIPLECHOICE

1. Angraduatennursenhasnbeennhirednasnannursenatnalocalnhospital.Thennewnnursenisninnthe.
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honeymoonnphaseofnrolentransitionnwhennmakingnwhichnofnthenfollowingnstatements?
a. ―Inam sonervousabout beingon myown asanurse.‖
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b. ―Thisnwilln benagreatnlearningnexperience.‖ .

c. ―Incan‘tnwaitntonhavenan steadynpayncheck.‖
d.


ANS:D .
Thehoneymoon phasenisnwhen thenstudent nursensees thenworldnofnursingasnquiterosy.Often,nthen
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newngraduatenisnfascinated withnthenthrillnof arriving innthenprofession.nRealityshockoccursnwhenn
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onenmovesnintonthenworkforcenafternseveralnyearsnofneducationalnpreparation.nRecoverynandnreso
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thistime,tensiondecreases,perceptionincreases,nandnthenursenisnablenton grownasnan person. xi




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PTS:n1 DIF:CognitiveLevel:Application/Applying
REF:Tablen1.1
OBJ:Identifythecharacteristicsofrealityshock.nTOP:Realitysh
ock MSC:NCLEX®:Safeandeffectivecareenvironment xi




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2. Whichofthe followingactionsbythengraduatenurseisnaninappropriatenmethodologyto
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n recovernfromnrealityshock?
a. Networking .

b. Obtaininga mentor
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c. Returningtoschool
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d. Joiningansupportn group
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ANS:C
Thetransitionperiodissuccessfullymanagedwhen thegraduateisabletoevaluatetheworknsituationnobje
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ctivelyandnpredictneffectivelytheactionsnandnreactionsnofotherstaff.
Nurturing
theabilitytoseehumorinasituationmaybena firstnstep.nReturningtoschoolisapositivestep.n afternth
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egraduatehasnworkedthroughnrolentransition,nhas somenclinicalnexperience,andnisnreadytonfocu
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snonnannewncareernobjective.nNetworking,nobtaininganmentor,nandnjoiningansupportngroupnwouldn
giventhengraduatennurse annopportunitytontalkntonothers
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,experiencingthe .

, stressnassociatednwithnrealityshock.nThennursewouldnbenefitnfromn―talkingnthrough‖nissuesand nlea xi




rning howntoncope.
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PTS:n1
DIF:CognitiveLevel:Application/Applying.nRE xi




F:np.n9
OBJ:nDescribe methodsntopromoteasuccessful pw




ntransition.T OP:nRealityshocki
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MSC:NCLEX®:SafeandeffectivecareenvironmentNotapplicable
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3. Anurseistryingtoavoid n burnout.Whichofthefollowingactionsisavalid n waytoachievethis? xi




a. .
b. Withdrawingfrom peersupport group pw pw




c. ―Goingnative‖
d. Changingnjobsevery6ton12months.

ANS:A
One ofthequickest waysntoexperienceburnout is to ―overwork the overtime.‖Setnprioritiesn
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with yourmentaland physical healthbeing thehighestpriority.nLearning tosay―no‖toextrans
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hiftsis a positivemeansofcopingofavoidingburnout.―Goingnative‖is thetermthat.n describ
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esnhownrecentngraduatesnbeginntoncopyandnidentifythenrealityoftheirrole-
transitionnexperiencenbyrejecting thenvaluesnfromnnursingschoolnandnfunctioningnmorenli
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kenanteamnmemberattheirplaceofemployment.Withdrawingfrom peersupport groups,―goi
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ngn native,‖n.n andnchangingnjobsneveryn6nton12nmonthsnwouldnincreasenthenchanceofnthenurs
enexperiencing
burnout.nThenurseshouldninsteadnfocusonhis/herpracticeandnseekoutsupportnfromothern nurse xi




s.
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PTS:n1
DIF:CognitiveLevel:Application/ApplyingnR
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EF:np.n7
OBJ:Describemethodstopromoteasuccessfulnt xi




ransition.TOP:nRealityshock
MSC:NCLEX®:Safe andeffectivecareenvironmentNotapplicable .
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4. Whichofthefollowingstatementsbythegraduatenurseshowsanunderstandingnof
reality shocknas itnappliesntonnursing? . pw




a. ―Realityshockisntheperiodwhen aperson movesnfrom schoolintothe pw pw pw pw




b. workforce.‖―Realityshocknistherealizationthatpracticenandeducationarenotnt
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c. ―Realityshock istheperiodfromgraduationtobecomingan experienced nurse.‖.
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