Role transition from student nurse to registered nurse

[baowow91]

As an assignment for my Contemporary Professional Nursing class, I am asked to explore the role transition from student nurse to registered nurse by interviewing a recently graduated nurse (less than 3 years out of school). Here are the questions:

Post on the discussion board a synopsis of an interview with a nurse that has been out of school less than 3 years. Address these questions in your interview:

1. Were you prepared adequately for your job while you were in school?

2. Were you given adequate orientation and assistance by others?

3. Have you been able to find a mentor in your profession that has helped you to develop professionally?

4. Are you satisfied in your job now and do you plan to continue to work as a nurse in the future?

5. Have you experienced nurse to nurse bullying, and if so, how did you handle it?

6. What suggestions would you have to a new graduate as they begin their first job as a nurse?

If anybody can help answer these questions, it would be greatly appreciated.

[roser13, ASN, RN]

1). You are asking a nurse to spend X hours on YOUR assignment. What is wrong with this picture?

2). You just joined. You're here for homework help, right?

3). Did it ever occur to you that your teacher/professor wanted you to actUally interview a real, live person?

4. What effort have you given to obtaining an interview with a practicing nurse?

[%D#2]

1. Were you prepared adequately for your job while you were in school? Yes and no. There's "nursing school world" and then the real world. While I obtained copious amounts of knowledge and skills, only working as a nurse has taught me to be a nurse.

2. Were you given adequate orientation and assistance by others? Nope. I was thrown right in to being a staff nurse.. Fresh out of school. We had orientation but no preceptor.

3. Have you been able to find a mentor in your profession that has helped you to develop professionally? Yes.. Many. They've pointed out my mistakes but also build me up and point out my progress.

4. Are you satisfied in your job now and do you plan to continue to work as a nurse in the future? Yes but I would like to further my education and do not plan on staying at my first nursing job forever.

5. Have you experienced nurse to nurse bullying, and if so, how did you handle it? Yes.. Funny you ask.. It happened the other day. I avoid confrontation at all costs and vented to a friend and ignored the bully. Probably should confront her if she does it again.

6. What suggestions would you have to a new graduate as they begin their first job as a nurse? You will make mistakes and you will have to learn from them. You will be abused by patients, families, and older nurses. But keep in mind why you chose this profession.. For me, it's my compassion. I get a rush from helping others and I love it. A bad day does not make me second guess anything :)

[phiir, MSN]

1. I felt adequately prepared to do the job, but not adequately prepared to handle emergencies.

2. Yes

3. Yes

4. No, my current job is too easy and I don't feel challenged because it's not an acute setting. I have secured a job in an ICU and start next month though - I really do think I will remain in nursing until retirement because it has limitless potential.

5. I actually experienced bullying from an LVN who felt threatened by my being an RN. I was offered greater opportunities for advancement even though she had almost a decade more experience than I did and she didn't like that. To combat this, I often asked her for advice even when I knew the answer already - it kept her ego a bit inflated and made her feel needed I think.

6. Surround yourself with positive people - try not to succumb to negativity. Always be on time, even if others aren't. Own your mistakes. Be good to your aides and they'll be good to you.

[baowow91]

Appreciate the help!