The nurse has been promoted from staff nurse to supervisor and is trying to make a transition to the new role. Which behavior reflects that the nurse is in the ending phase of Bridges' model of transition?
1. The nurse is working to move forward in the job, avoiding the temptation of going back to familiar ways of thinking.
2. The nurse is beginning to accept the responsibilities of the new position.
3. The nurse has accepted that relationships with former peers on the unit will change.
4. The nurse questions the wisdom of accepting the new position.
Correct Answer: 4
Bridges' model of transition consists of three phases. The first phase, called the ending phase, consists of the individual "letting go" of the old situation. This phase consists of four components: disengagement, disidentification, disenchantment, and disorientation. The nurse who is questioning the wisdom of accepting the new position is in the letting go phase of disorientation. The second phase, neutral zone, is exemplified in this question by the nurse beginning to accept the responsibilities of the new position and accepting that relationships with former peers will change. As the nurse works to move forward in the job, resisting the temptation to go back to familiar ways of thinking and working, the nurse has moved into the final stage of transition, new beginnings.
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