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.

  1. First as a nursing student, then as a nurse.

    Group work: Comparison of scoring on Socialization Self-assessment

  2. Talking like a nurseestablishing professional boundaries in your off-duty hours

  3. Writing like a nursegathering information as a writer-to-be

  4. Acting like a nursing student – Peer pressure: the good, the bad, and the ugly

    Submit the Classroom Self-Assessment Tool
    now.

  5. Thinking like a nurse – the crusade for good health

    Group work: What to do about the media

  6. 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.

  7. Evaluating outcomes like a nurse - for yourself, your peers, your clients.
    1. 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.

    2. Nurses evaluate their peers
      Submit the Peer Evaluation Form now.
In professional socialization attitutude is as important as the uniform! bball2.gif (49475 bytes)

 


TOPIC: Assignments

Assignments to prepare for class 12