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Hello Nurses :wink2:
My name is Beth and I'm graduating in two months. I am doing a project along with my clinical group on "Reality Shock", and I am polling nurses about their experiences. :typing I would greatly appreciate if you could take a few minutes and answer these questions. Just copy and paste into your reply. You can put a star or 'X' next to your answer.
Many thanks!!!!
1. How long have you been a nurse? Less than 1 year 1-2 yrs 3-5 yrs 5-10 yrs 10-20 yr s 20+ yrs
2. What type of school(s) did you go to?
Hospital nursing school Community College BSN MSN Doctorate Other degrees
Care to share your school(s)?
3. Did you have any experience working in a hospital before becoming an RN? Yes No
Nurse Aide LPN Other
4. What kind of floor/unit was your first position?
5. How long what your orientation/training period as a new nurse?
6. How prepared did you feel after graduating from nursing school and beginning training?
Excellent Very Good Good Fair Poor
7. How prepared did you feel when you finished your training, and began working on your own?
Excellent Very Good Good Fair Poor
8. What was your experience(s) with your preceptor(s) like?
Excellent Very Good Good Fair Poor
9. In your opinion was your training period long enough? Yes No
10. Did you experience “Reality Shock”as a new nurse? Yes No
11. Please describe in a few sentences what your first few weeks/months were like:
12. What would you recommend, or what advice would you give to new nurses?
Much gratitude for taking the time to fill this out!
"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over an over and expecting a different result." -Albert Einstein