| CLASS 11 : Professional Socialization ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Class material and assignments related to Class 11
will be tested in Class 12.
TOPIC: Taking
Responibility
Taking personal responsibility for one's own actions as well as for the care of
clients is a central characteristic of professional nursing behavior. Individuals drawn to
nursing are usually willing to take on these responsibilities.
Log Writing
- Do you agree with the above statements?
- How do you feel about taking responsibility for the health care of
others?
- What experiences have you had with taking on responsibilities?
- How did these experiences turn out?
Of necessity nurses become excellent time managers. Managing your time
in nursing school begins your training in this skill.
Group work
- Discuss problems and solutions you have had in time management. Rank
order the ideas to share with other groups.

TOPIC: PROFESSIONAL
SOCIALIZATION
Professional socialization as an R.N. begins with taking on the
behaviors of a successful nursing student.
- First as a nursing student, then as a nurse.
Group work: Comparison of scoring on Socialization
Self-assessment
- Talking like a nurse establishing professional boundaries in your off-duty hours
- Writing like a nurse gathering
information as a writer-to-be
- Acting like a nursing student Peer pressure: the
good, the bad, and the ugly
Submit the Classroom Self-Assessment Tool now.
- Thinking like a nurse the crusade for good health
Group work: What to do about the media
- Planning like a nurse - Narrowing the
world of opportunities to match your interests.
Refer to your answers on the Longitudinal Survey
Group work: Findings
peers with similar interests.
- Evaluating outcomes like a nurse - for
yourself, your peers, your clients.
- Nurses critique their own professional growth
Refer to your answers on the Socialization
Self-Assessment Form.
Refer to your answers on the Classroom
Self-Assessment Form.
- Nurses evaluate their peers
Submit the Peer Evaluation Form now.
| In professional socialization attitutude is as
important as the uniform! |
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TOPIC: Assignments
Assignments to prepare for class 12
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