The identification of satisfying and stressful situations in basic programs in nursing education

Development of a scale to assess student nurses' views of the professional nursing role.

“…Failure to develop a realistic role image is believed to be a primary cause of nonacademic dropout, poor clinical performance, and desertion from the field after graduation. For example, Katzell (1968) reported that withdrawal after the first year of nurses' training was inversely related to fulfillment of student expectations and Fox, Diamond, and Walsh (1960) and Kibrick (19S8) observed that nursing students who were realistic in their appraisals of the field were more satisfied and more likely to persist in the profession. The process by which students acquire appropriate perceptions of the professional role has been called "professional socialization.…”

A study of the development of diploma and baccalaureate degree nursing education programs in Iowa from 1907-1978

“…The girls had dated individuals deemed inappropriate by the faculty of the school of nursing. Fox (1964) stated that the student nurse in the hospital diploma school often found that her every activity was subject to scrutiny, and her outside social activities were often reported to her instructors and counselors. As a nurse in training, her attitudes, morals, manners, mode of dress, speech, grooming and habits were all subject to inspection sanction.…”