Education and Socialization to the Professional Nursing Role

Chapter 5: Education and Socialization to the Professional Nursing Role

1. As a nursing student, do you share the values of commitment to public service, autonomy, commitment to lifelong learning and education, and the belief in the dignity and worth of each person? Do nurses with whom you have interacted demonstrate these values?

2. What do you think are the barriers to the process of professional socialization or formation? Do you think different environments might foster or hinder the process of professional socialization or formation? Do you think that the personal characteristics of nurses might influence the process of professional socialization or formation?

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Chapter 5 Education and Socialization to the Professional Nursing Role Professional Socialization • Socialization involves a process by which a person acquires the knowledge, skills, and sense of identity that are characteristic of a profession. • Involves internalization of values and norms of the profession. • Formation is the development of perceptual abilities, the abi lity to draw on knowledge and skilled know-how, and a way of being and acting in practice and in the world. Education and Socialization to the Professional Nursing Role

Goals of Professional Socialization • To learn the technology of the profession • To learn to internalize the professional culture • To find a personally and professionally acceptable version of the role • To integrate this professional role into all of the other life roles Essential Features of Nursing (1 of 2) • Provision of a caring relationship that facilitates health and healing • Attention to the range of experiences and responses to health and illness within the physical and social environments • Integration of assessment data with knowledge gained from an appreciation of the patient or group Essential Features of Nursing (2 of 2)

• Application of scientific knowledge to the processes of diagnosis and treatment through the use of judgment and critical thinking • Advancement of professional nursing knowledge through scholarly inquiry • Influence on social and public policy to promote social justice • Assurance of safe, quality, and evidence-based practice Roles of the Professional Nurse • Provider of care • Designer/manager/coordinator of care • Member of a profession (AACN, 2008) Professional Nursing Values • Commitment to public service • Autonomy • Commitment to lifelong learning and education • Belief in the dignity and worth of each person Socialization Through Education • • • • Stage 1: Unilateral dependence Stage 2: Negative/independence Stage 3: Dependence/mutuality Stage 4: Interdependence From Novice to Expert • • • • • Stage 1: Novice Stage 2: Advanced beginner Stage 3: Competent Stage 4: Proficient Stage 5: Expert Facilitating the Transition to Professional Practice • Potential transition issues – Reality shock – Role conflict – Role transition shock • Role transition assistance – Internships and externships – Residency programs and preceptor support
ucation and Socialization to the Professional Nursing Role