According to Wynn et al 1993, Sutherland and copper (1993 cited by Charnley 1999) there is evidence suggest that nursing is a stressful profession which can affect nurses psychological and physical health and can impair their professional practice.
Like wise newly qualified nurses are venerable to suffer from both the professional stress as well as the transition role stress. Kramer (1974 cited by Charnley 1999) described the transition from student nurse to staff nurse as a reality shock when they find out that they are not prepared for the new role despite of the training they had for several years. The way that newly qualified nurses are perceived by other people and the expectation that they hold are identified as the contributed factors that exacerbate stress and difficulty in their new role (Meleis 1975, Matthewson 1985 cited by Chrnley 1999).
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