PROFESSIONAL SOCIALIZATION: THE EXPERIENCE OF THE GRADUATE PSYCHIATRIC NURSING STUDENT IN THE CONSULTATION/LIAISON ROLE.
Contributors: Boston University.
Published: 1985
Number of pages: 138
Subjects: Health Sciences, Nursing.
Description: Using the methods of qualitative research this study explored the stages involved in the process of professional socialization of graduate psychiatric nursing students in the context of a consultation/liaison practicum. Eight nursing students in a university-based graduate psychiatric-community mental health nursing program participated in this research. The methodologies employed were those of the critical incidents technique and the unstructured interview.

The graduate psychiatric nursing students passed through five chronologic stages during their consultation/liaison practicum experience: entry, orientation, involvement, developing an individual consultation style, and termination. Several issues were addressed within each stage. During the entry stage, the students dealt with anxiety and concern about meeting the demands of the consultation/liaison role. In the orientation stage, they focused on becoming familiar with and adjusting to their individual hospital practicum settings, which included developing relationships with key people and a sense of direction regarding their responsibilities. Mixed feelings about their total practicum experience characterized orientation. Involvement emphasized the exploration of four themes: shared responsibility with the practicum supervisor, working within the hospital system, accepting expanded responsibilities, and coping with physical fatigue. Developing an individual consultation style also involved four themes: disagreement with the practicum supervisor, developing intervention strategies, recognition of a need for professional recognition, and awareness of the socialization process. Termination looked to the future, acknowledged student introspection, and recognized contributions of the practicum supervisor. The student socialization process can be described as active, reciprocal, involving conflict, and being influenced by personal, experiential, and situational factors. These findings have important implications for graduate psychiatric nursing programs, in general, and specifically, for the area of consultation/liaison role preparation.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 47-01, Section: B, page: 0132.

Thesis (ED.D.)--BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 1985.

School code: 0017.