Socialization of new graduate nurses in critical care
Heart & LungPublished 1 March 1996
Diane K. Boyle, Sue Popkess‐Vawter, R L Taunton
Citations61
SJR quartileQ2
SJR score0.81
SNIP0.87
Generate an AI Snapshot to get a quick, structured summary of this paper.
Study Snapshot
ObjectiveStudy objective
MethodsResearch methodology
PopulationPopulation studied
Sample sizeSample sizes
OutcomesStudy outcomes here
ResultsStudy results comes here
LimitationsResearch study limitations comes here
A concise AI-generated summary of the paper will appear here once you click Generate AI Snapshot.
TL;DR
Positive precepting experiences, support systems, and assignment congruence contributed to successful socialization for the new graduates in this study and lend considerable support to the modified contingency theory of role socialization.
Abstract
The study results lend considerable support to the modified contingency theory of role socialization. Positive precepting experiences, support systems, and assignment congruence contributed to successful socialization for the new graduates in this study.
Keywords
Health ProfessionsNursing
Administrative Science QuarterlyHandbook of Industrial and Organizational Psychology.
12,139 Citations1977Tove Helland Hammer, John F. Anderson +7 more
The Measurement of Meaning
8,716 Citations1957Charles E. Osgood, George J. Suci +1 more
Administrative Science QuarterlyRole Conflict and Ambiguity in Complex Organizations
5,242 Citations1970John‐Ross Rizzo, Robert J. House +1 more
Handbook of socialization : theory and research
4,992 Citations2007Joan E. Grusec, Paul D. Hastings
Teaching SociologyHandbook of Organizational Measurement
1,118 Citations1988Brian C. Aldrich, J. L. Price +1 more
Administrative Science QuarterlyA Contingency Theory of Socialization
850 Citations1976Daniel C. Feldman
AJN American Journal of NursingReality Shock: Why Nurses Leave Nursing
664 Citations1975Nancy M. Sargis, Marlene Kramer
Advances in Nursing ScienceFrom beginner to expert
406 Citations1992Peter Benner, Christine Tanner +1 more
Two interrelated aspects were found to distinguish four levels of practice, from advanced beginner through expert, and a sense of agency is determined by one's clinical world and shows up as an expression of responsibility for what happens with the patient.
Journal of Human StressThe Effect of Social Support and the Work Environment upon Burnout among Nurses
312 Citations1986Joseph F. Constable, Daniel W. Russell
The major determinants of burnout were found to be low job enhancement; work pressure; and lack of supervisor support, along with the interaction term involving the combined effects of job enhancement and Supervisor support, which explained 53% of the variance in emotional exhaustion.
American Journal of SociologyThe Dynamics of Role Acquisition
273 Citations1975Russell Thornton, Peter M. Nardi
JONA The Journal of Nursing AdministrationInnovative Retention Strategies for Nursing Staff
219 Citations1987Ada Sue Hinshaw, Carolyn Hope Smeltzer +1 more
The findings suggest that retention strategies, to be effective, need to be targeted specifically to particular conditions of the nursing staff, e.g., educational preparation and the clinical service on which staff are functioning.
Image the Journal of Nursing ScholarshipTwo Requirements for Job Contentment: Autonomy and Social Integration
162 Citations1990Joanne Comi McCloskey
This study supports the notion of feminist psychologists that what women nurses want is "autonomy with connectedness", and investigates the interaction of autonomy and social integration in newly employed nurses in the 6th and 12th month of work.
American Journal of SociologyThe Professional Employee: A Study of Conflict in Nursing Roles
143 Citations1961Ronald G. Corwin
There is evidence that diploma and degree graduates organize the bureaucratic-professional roles differently and adjust to conflict of roles in systematically different ways.
Image the Journal of Nursing ScholarshipDiscovery of Nursing Gestalt in Critical Care Nursing: The Importance of the Gray Gorilla Syndrome
137 Citations1983S. N., Phyllis Noerager Stern
Research in Nursing & HealthPerceived job stress, job satisfaction, and psychological symptoms in critical care nursing
98 Citations1985Jane S. Norbeck
The results supported the hypotheses that higher levels of perceived job stress are related to lower levels of job satisfaction and toHigher levels of psychological symptoms of critical care nurses and supported a distinction between positive and negative stressors.
Nursing ResearchTypes and Sources of Social Support for Managing Job Stress In Critical Care Nursing
97 Citations1985Jane S. Norbeck
The theoretical model of occupational stress developed by LaRocco, House, and French, (1980) was tested in relation to job stress in critical care nursing and found findings from the full sample supported all the main effects in the model but none of the buffering effects.
Journal of Health and Social BehaviorAnticipatory Socialization and Role Stress among Registered Nurses
79 Citations1979Arthur P. Brief, Mary Van Sell +2 more
It was found that role stress increased with the degree of professional training, baccalaureate nurses experiencing the greatest stress, and time on the job did not mitigate these effects.
Heart & LungSocialization of new graduate nurses in critical care
61 Citations1996Diane K. Boyle, Sue Popkess‐Vawter +1 more
Positive precepting experiences, support systems, and assignment congruence contributed to successful socialization for the new graduates in this study and lend considerable support to the modified contingency theory of role socialization.
Image the Journal of Nursing ScholarshipVariables Related to Nurse Performance
60 Citations1988Joanne Comi McCloskey, Bruce E. McCain
The amount of experience was the best predictor of critical care skills, but the amount of education best distinguished top and medium performers from poor performers.
The Journal of Continuing Education in NursingPredictors of Clinical Performance of New Graduate Nurses Participating in Preceptor Orientation Programs
52 Citations1993Mary Everett Brasler
The most useful predictors of clinical performance scores were support provided by other nurse friends, preceptor skills, and emotionalSupport provided by preceptors, while participation in formal support groups was not found to be a predictor.
Nursing ResearchROLE MODELS, ROLE CONCEPTIONS, AND ROLE DEPRIVATION
52 Citations1968Mariane Kramer
A study of role conception changes and role deprivation of collegiate nurses from three California State College nursing programs following graduation and initial employment suggested that the bureaucratic orientation of neophyte nurses increases with length of employment.
Nursing ResearchROLE CONCEPTIONS OF BACCALAUREATE NURSES AND SUCCESS IN HOSPITAL NURSING
47 Citations1970Marlene Kramer
PubMedEffects of mentoring on job satisfaction, leadership behaviors, and job retention of new graduate nurses.
29 Citations1989Eleanor Hamilton, Melissa Murray +2 more
The use of mentors over longer periods to help new nurses make the transition from school to nursing practice is a successful orientation strategy receiving increased attention by nursing staff educators.
Journal of Professional NursingAre preceptors for orientation of new nurses effective?
20 Citations1992Sandra Rose Bellinger, Joanne Comi McCloskey
The study provides beginning evidence that preceptors are beneficial for nurses who have limited education and experience and reports more social integration at 6 and 12 months after employment.
Nursing ResearchSELF-ACTUALIZATION AND ROLE ADAPTATION OF BACCALAUREATE DEGREE NURSES
19 Citations1972Marlene Kramer, Catherine McDonnell +1 more
Critical Care NurseNew graduates in critical care: how long do they stay?
10 Citations1992S O Burns, AL Hutchens
JAMAThe Nurse's Quest for a Professional Identity
9 Citations1981Phil Gunby
This book by Dr Cohen suggests that the underlying problems of the current status of nursing in the United States include "the lack of a theoretical system to delineate a unique body of knowledge, and the existence of
Nursing ResearchRole Transformation of Special Care Unit Nurses
9 Citations1980Linda Lewandowski, Marlene Kramer
This posthoc descriptive study utilized data from 213 new graduate nurses in their first jobs in eight medical centers across the United States to investigate whether special care unit nurses have characteristics different from nurses who work in nonintensive care settings and whether SCU nurses make more effective role transformations than non-SCU nurses.
JONA The Journal of Nursing AdministrationThe Multiple Dimensions of Staff Nurse Role Conception
8 Citations1986Roma Lee Taunton, Diane Otteman
A study was conducted in eight Midwestern hospitals to obtain an empirically based model of staff nurse role conception, which provided helpful information for nurse administrators in understanding the dynamics of the hospital work environment for staff nurses.
PubMedPerspectives on role socialization of nurses.
7 Citations1991Luther P. Christman
The pecking order of health care professionals is directly related to the knowledge levels of the role enactors, and nurses tend to be the proverbial low man on the totem pole.
PubMedRole transformation of special care unit nurses: a comparative study.
7 Citations1980Linda Lewandowski, Marlene Kramer
Nursing ManagementPerceived Stress & Situational Supports
6 Citations1982Christina Benson Cook, Margaret Mandrillo
PubMedThe nurse advocate project: a strategy to retain new graduates.
5 Citations1989Andersen Sl
The author discusses the nurse advocate project which increased retention, decreased costs, and fostered a more positive work environment for all staff.
Dimensions of Critical Care NursingA Critical Care Internship Program
5 Citations1984Barbara Clark Mims
Bridging the gap between nursing school and critical care practice, this innovative program gives top nursing graduates nine months of consistent clinical guidance by critical care specialists.
Nursing ResearchNew Baccalaureate Graduatesʼ Perceptions of Organizational Conflict
4 Citations1982Dona J. Snyder
Although changes in conflict‐reporting behavior with increasing experience in the hospital bureaucracy were noted, the study findings showed no significant relationships between this behavior and ideas about the nursing role and the value of organizational inducements.
PubMedCritical care nursing orientation: a comparison of teaching methods.
4 Citations1981Hansell Hn, Foster Sb
It is shown that the PIM approach is as effective a method for critical care orientation as traditional classroom teaching and that as the orientee becomes socialized into the critical care setting, her values, attitudes, and commitment to remain may change over time.
Nursing ManagementHow does your program compare with those of these twenty-eight hospitals?
2 Citations1983Mary Ann Gottschall, Priscilla Bennetta +2 more