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Socialization of R.N. to B.S.N.
Author(s) -
Lynn Mary R.,
McCain Nancy L.,
Boss Barbara J.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
image: the journal of nursing scholarship
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1547-5069
pISSN - 0743-5150
DOI - 10.1111/j.1547-5069.1989.tb00149.x
Subject(s) - socialization , graduation (instrument) , scale (ratio) , bachelor , psychology , interpersonal communication , nursing , medical education , medicine , social psychology , quantum mechanics , history , physics , geometry , mathematics , archaeology
The Nurse's Professional Orientation Scale and Schwirian's Six‐Dimension Scale of Nursing Performance (Six‐D Scale) were used in a five‐year, longitudinal study of the professional socialization of the Registered Nurse/Bachelor of Nursing Science (RN/BSN) (n = 30) and generic baccalaureate students (n = 193) in a nursing program in the Southeast United States, Program exit socialization scores between RN/BSN and generic graduates were not significantly different. Using an ANCOVA, significantly higher socialization scores were found for the generic graduates. The scores for the RN/BSN graduates were significantly higher than the generic students at graduation on the teaching/collaboration, planning/evaluation and interpersonal communication subscales of the Six‐D scale. When program entry Six‐D subscales score were controlled, only the professional development subscale differentiated between RN/BSN and generic graduates. The program impact on the RN/BSN student/graduate as well as the means by which this process can be studied are questioned.