A Novice Nurse Is Stressed Due to Always Being Behind

question 1

Multiple Choice

A novice nurse is stressed due to always being behind with her assignments. She is overheard saying, "No one here worries about checking nasogastric tube placement before they give medications and hang feedings. Skipping that step would save me an extra 30 minutes to be used for charting. If they can do it, so can I." This nurse is experiencing which stage of reality shock?

• A) loner.
• B) "rutter."
• C) change agent.
• D) "native."

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Definitions:

NLRA

The National Labor Relations Act, which is legislation enacted to protect the rights of employees and employers, to encourage collective bargaining, and to curtail certain private sector labor and management practices.

Bargain

An agreement between two or more parties on the terms of a deal, typically involving the exchange of goods, services, or financial assets.

Economic Pressure

The coercive use of financial resources to influence or compel behavior, often in the context of negotiation or conflict.

Union Shop Contract

An employment agreement requiring non-union workers to join the union within a certain period of hiring, to remain employed.