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NURSE EDUCATION IN PRACTICE
Volume 50, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2020.102951
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Newly graduated nurses; Work adaptability disorder; Transition shock; Organizational socialization
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The work adaptation of newly graduated nurses is crucial for their career development, with factors such as gender, education, family situation, transition shock, and organizational socialization impacting their adaptability. Strategies to improve organizational socialization and relieve transition shock should be included in training programs to enhance their adaptation.
The work adaptation of newly graduated nurses exerts a vital impact on their career developments. It is of great significance to guide newly graduated nurses to get acclimatized to the student-to-nurse transition. This study aimed to investigate the work adaptability disorder from the perspective of the organizational socialization and explore the potential factors of work adaptability disorder of newly graduated nurses. A cross-sectional study was performed. Convenience sampling was adopted to recruit 206 newly graduated nurses at four tertiary hospitals in China. The Work Adaptability Disorder Scale, the Transition Shock of Newly Graduated Nurses Scale, and the Organizational Socialization Questionnaire were utilized to measure the work adaptability disorder. The results showed the level of work adaptability disorder was mediocre among newly graduated nurses in China. The variables of gender, education, only child, family residence, transition shock, and organizational socialization could serve as predictors of work adaptability. Our research showed countermeasure of improving organizational socialization and relieving transition shock should be added to the training program of newly graduated nurses with purpose of promoting their adaptation.
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