A study on the Experience of Nurses' socialization Process in the Hospital Setting.

Author: Bok Soon KIM ¹ ; Eun Jung RYU ; Kyung Hee KIM ; Hae Kyung CHUNG ; Mi Seung SONG ; Kyung Sook CHOI
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1. Department of Nursing, Chungang University, Korea.
Publication Type:Original Article
Keywords: Nurses' socialization process
MeSH: Nursing; Schools, Nursing; Socialization*; Statistics as Topic
From: Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 1999;29(2):393-404
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:Korean
Abstract: Socialization is the process of moving from one social role to another by gaining knowledge, skills and behaviors to participate in a group. Nurses who graduate from nursing school, enter the work force, and develop a career undergo socialization as they become insiders in the hospital. This study was designed to identify experiences of the nurses' socialization process in the hospital setting. The subjects were 6 nurses. Data were collected by recording and transcribing interviews and analyzed in the framework of grounded theory as mapped out by Strauss and Corbin(1990). The core category in the analysis of the experiences of nurses' socialization process was "being beyond". In the process of data analysis, 22 categories were identified. These categories were again grouped into 13. Based upon these results, it is recommended that development of resocialization models to establish nursing identity are necessary.