Abstract
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to investigate the socialization of accelerated BSN graduates who had been employed in the workforce for 2 to 3 years. Socialization was examined as a calling, not in terms of job socialization, which is the focus of research on socialization in the literature. Eight interviews with open-ended questions were conducted with graduates of a school of nursing at an urban university in Northeast Ohio. Data were analyzed using Colaizzi's (1978) procedural steps. The following assertions emerged: Assertion 1: The feeling of being a nurse, an attribute of professional identity, coincided with the occurrence of specific incidents during induction socialization; Assertion 2: The feeling of being a nurse is a sense of becoming, involving personal commitment and internalization of values during the process of professional socialization; and Assertion 3: Critical incidents revealed that accelerated BSN graduates have a deep sense of commitment to nursing. A comparison of these findings to Benner's (1984) stages of nursing, the affective domain, and Ohlen and Segesten's (1998) concept analysis revealed that accelerated BSN graduates made the progression and transition through induction socialization and achieved professional socialization described as the feeling of being a nurse. The progression and transition through the stages of nursing, the affective domain leading to the feeling of being a nurse, occur concurrently.
Sigma Membership
Delta Xi
Type
Dissertation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Phenomenology
Research Approach
Qualitative Research
Keywords:
Professional Socialization, Accelerated BSN Nurses, Professional Identity, Affective Domain
Advisors
Henderson, James||Hyun, Eunsook||Sedlak, Carol
Degree
PhD
Degree Grantor
Kent State University
Degree Year
2007
Recommended Citation
Wolf, Linda Eileen, "A study of the socialization of accelerated BSN graduates" (2022). Dissertations. 858.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/dissertations/858
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Date of Issue
2022-02-28
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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 3269141; ProQuest document ID: 304843923. The author still retains copyright.