Document Type
Honors Thesis
Abstract
Upon entering the nursing practice, new graduate nurses (NGN) experience a knowledge and skills gap between their academic preparation and what they will encounter in a clinical practice. Nursing theorists and experienced nurses estimate it takes about 12 to 15 months of work-based experience before an NGN feels competent in their role as a Registered Nurse (Benner, 1982; Duchscher, 2008). Using an IRB-approved comparative descriptive research design, online and on-campus pre-nursing students at UTA were invited to complete an 18-question Likert-scale and short online survey. Participants provided demographic information and answered questions regarding their beliefs. Most pre-nursing students in this study did not have a realistic expectation of the length of time offered for training or the time needed to transition to professional practice as an NGN.
Publication Date
5-1-2019
Language
English
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Morenikeji, Fiyinfoluwa, "TIME TO PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE: EXPLORING PRE-NURSING STUDENTS’ BELIEFS AND EXPECTATIONS ABOUT THE TRANSITION TO PRACTICE" (2019). 2019 Spring Honors Capstone Projects. 40.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/honors_spring2019/40