Question

Describe your acculturation experience as a new graduate to the culture of the nursing profession and how is it similar or different from the acculturation experience of a new nursing colleague who joined your team within the past year?

Answer 1

Answer: Acculturation can be explained as when the graduated nurse joins the nursing profession and adopt the nursing culture. As in the case where some of the nurse were provided mentorship program under the experienced nurse guidance. At starting simple and easy duties were assigned and hence there were reduced workload. Communication plays major role in adopting the profession and specially in the nursing profession. As the workload increased, the experienced or the senior nurse explained about the time management. So, the guidance is important in each step of nursing profession. The experience was better as compared to the new nursing colleague who joined the team within the past year. This is because the mentor she had been appointed under or the supervisor, was not at all coperative. From the first day, the new nurse was given huge workload and hence she could learn about the time management.