A new graduate has worked on a busy unit for 6 months since graduating from nursing school. The graduate tells a friend, "I've never been so upset in all my life! The care that some of the staff give our patients is outrageously bad
There's practically no attention to the principles of asepsis the way I learned them! The staff tells me that we have to cut corners if we're going to get all the work done. I can't stand it!" What phase of reality shock is this graduate experienc-ing? a. Honeymoon c. Recovery
b. Shock and rejection d. Role transformation
B
The honeymoon phase for the new graduate nurse is short lived when the graduate identifies the conflicts between the way she or he was taught and the reality of what is done. Shock and rejec-tion cause mental and emotional withdrawal, moral outrage, and a hypercritical attitude, which are just some of the symptoms of the realization that the honeymoon is over. Excessive mistrust, frequent pains and illness, a decrease in energy and fatigue, feeling like a failure and blaming oneself for every mistake, a hypercritical attitude, and feeling morally outraged are characteristics of the shock and rejection phase. The recovery phase is characterized by a beginning sense of humor (usually the first sigh), a decrease in tension, and an increase in the ability to cope with the situations that he/she is faced with. Role transformation is the process of transforming from student to nurse.
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