Author Question: Identify your phase in the Returning to School Syndrome and support your rationale with content from ... (Read 55 times)

dakota nelson · **on:** Jul 17, 2018

Identify your phase in the Returning to School Syndrome and support your rationale with content from the textbook. (This question is worth 3 points.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

List three basic skills that nurses need to be successful in the work environment.

What will be an ideal response?

bigcheese9 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 17, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Honeymoon phase: fascinated with new aspects of academic life; has increased awareness of
purpose and confidence
Conflict phase: experiences conflict with various personal roles, faculty members, and
previous knowledge base versus newly acquired knowledge; experiences uncertainty and
self-doubt; feels angry, overwhelmed, and fatigued; blames other people or things for lack of
success
Disintegrationturns anxious feelings inward; becomes depressed and withdrawn
Reintegrationshows feelings of frustration by acting hostile toward others, especially
the faculty; expresses feelings of frustration with the nursing program and the education
process
Resolution:
Chronic conflictconstantly angry, fails to see the value of the education process; uses
emotional energy in anger, hostility, and aggressive behavior
False acceptancegives appearance of accepting and experiencing the educational process
but does not value or embrace the positive aspects of the educational opportunity
Biculturalismmeshes various aspects of life; understands the demands of the academic
experience; adjusts with new coping skills; attention is on maximizing educational
opportunities

Answer to Question 2

Answers may include any three of the following:
1. Computer skills
2. Basic math
3. Basic algebra
4. Basic English grammar