Quit Nursing Theory

With these problems identified, the root of the problems can now be further inspected and analysed. Jane has verbalized that she is stressed and wants to quit nursing. The question is Jane stressed because of nursing or is there other factors of stress that causing her to want to quit nursing? These two points differ vastly. One being that she cannot cope with the transition of academic to practical and thus feels that she cannot continue and the other would mean that Jane is facing other problems that is making her have difficulties in her PRCP which somehow leads her to want to quit nursing as a result. Baring it in mind that Jane had verbalized that she is feeling stress however, in spite of that, Jane still turns up for her clinical despite
As a preceptor and a nurse manager, it is a duty to ensure that the Jane has adequate orientation to the environment and staff routine, which in turn will allow her to build support with other staffs. By doing this, it will reduce the anxiety level that might be causing the stress in Jane (Barr, 2011). Other alternative reason that could play a role in this unpunctuality of Jane is also known as the “theory-practice gap”. (Meleis, 2011) In this theory, it is described as a problem faced by members of the nursing profession which is unavoidably encountered by almost all nurses in varying situations. Students who faced this, has difficulty in matching textbook clinical situations to the real clinical setting (Meleis, 2011) which results in stress and inability to cope as in the case of Jane which in turn leads to her being late for work and late in reporting back after her lunch breaks. As a preceptor, close supervision is needed to help Jane overcome this problem of the theory-practice gap if she is indeed facing it. This would allow Jane feel secure that the preceptor is there to intervene should the need arise and allows the preceptor to guide Jane through the process of this transition. (Landers,