A new graduate is starting employment on a medical-surgical care area.

QUESTION

A new graduate is starting employment on a medical-surgical care area. If Kramer’s model is followed, in which order should this nurse resocialize to this new nursing role?

1. Moral outrage
2. Social integration
3. Conflict resolution
4. Skill and routine mastery

ANSWER:

Correct Answer: 4, 2, 1, 3

Kramer describes a four-stage postgraduate resocialization model for the transition of graduates from educational setting to work setting: Stage I, skill and routine mastery; Stage II, social integration; Stage III, moral outrage; and Stage IV, conflict resolution.