Date of Award
1964
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Sociology
Supervisor
F. E. Jones
Language
English
Abstract
For the neophyte, socialization into the role of nurse involves not only the acquisition of required skills and knowledge, but also the gradual acquisition of a professional self-identity. The primary mechanism of socialization is interaction with other members of the student nurses' role-set, i.e. doctors, instructors and patients. The shared expectations of these role others, constitute the nursing role. Role expectations represent pressures which, ideally, elicit appropriate role performances from the encumbents of a given role. The perceived expectations of role others with whom the student nurse interacts are reflected in the self-images held. Differences in self-images held by student-nurses are related to experiences with role others prior to, and following encumbency of the nurse-trainee role.
Recommended Citation
Ellis, Desmond Peter, "Neophyte To Nurse: The Development of a Professional Self-Image" (1964). Open Access Dissertations and Theses. Paper 5200.
http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/opendissertations/5200
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