Background: PROFESSIONAL SOCIALIZATION of nurses defines a process in which novice practitioners are trained to develop the attitude and skills to become PROFESSIONAL practitioners. This study was conducted to assess the level of PROFESSIONAL SOCIALIZATION among clinical nurses.Methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study. A total of 600 nurses from Tehran and Shahrekord teaching hospitals and Oil Company hospital in Abadan, were recruited through convenience sampling method, participated in this study. Data collection was based on a valid and reliable questionnaire consisting of two parts including demographic form and "Nurses’ PROFESSIONAL SOCIALIZATION" (NPS). Statistical analysis was carried out by Kruskal-Wallis test and chi-square tests using SPSS software, version 17 and P<0.05 was considered statistically significant.Results: The mean score of nurses’ PROFESSIONAL SOCIALIZATION level was 213.96 ± 20.89. Nurses were at competent, proficient and expert levels with no novice or advanced beginner nurses. In PROFESSIONAL SOCIALIZATION domains, there was a significant difference in PROFESSIONAL autonomy, commitment and group participation among Tehran, Shahrekord and Abadan (p=0.001). There was a significant relationships between work experiences and group participation domain (χ2=9.1, df=2, P=0.01) and also the total score of PROFESSIONAL SOCIALIZATION (χ2=6.8, df=2, P=0.03).Conclusion: Nurses in this study were highly and PROFESSIONALly socialized. It is important for hospital nursing managers to maintain and promote levels of PROFESSIONAL SOCIALIZATION and help the new comers' reSOCIALIZATION process after their educational period.

Background and Aim: PROFESSIONAL SOCIALIZATION is the process of gaining and internalizing knowledge, skills, values, attitudes, beliefs and behaviors of a specific profession. Through the process gradually, a sense of belonging, and unique PROFESSIONAL identity will develop. The aim of this study was to review the barriers, conditions and facilitators of nurses' PROFESSIONAL SOCIALIZATION.Materials and Methods: This is a review article. Electronic journals and databases such as CINAHL, Embase, Medline, Scopus, Science Direct, MD Consult, OVID, Google Scholar was searched to find studies have been investigated the various aspects of "PROFESSIONAL SOCIALIZATION of nurses.Results: The results showed that the work environment and corporate culture, the gaps between theory and practice in nursing and community's attitude toward nursing profession are effective factors in nurses' PROFESSIONAL SOCIALIZATION. Promote personal and PROFESSIONAL capabilities, reform of resources and organizational structure and training structure, are the strategies for improving nurse's SOCIALIZATION.Conclusion: Among the factors involved in nurses' SOCIALIZATION, formal education system and teachers can have the greatest impact positively or negatively on the PROFESSIONAL growth and development of nurses. Therefore, planning to facilitate and promote the PROFESSIONAL SOCIALIZATION of nurses, with emphasis on improving the education system and bridging the gap between theory and practice should be considered.

Background and Aims: SOCIALIZATION is an acceptation process of PROFESSIONAL role and a true method of improving PROFESSIONAL identity. The aim of this study was the explanation of concept in clinical nurse specialists.Methods: In this study, a phenomenology approach was used. Participants were 10 clinical nurse specialists employed in Shahrekord and Tehran educational hospitals. Data were collected through semi structured interviews which were analyzed by Van mannen method.Results: Six themes were emerged by the analysis of PROFESSIONAL SOCIALIZATION interveiws of clinical nurses which was illustrated: "flotation of competence", "practical autonomy", "clinical dynamic", "being supported to society", "PROFESSIONAL belongingness", and "passive group participation". Conclusion: The study findings show that descriptions of clinical nurse experiences provide planning practical guide for educational mangers to reassess SOCIALIZATION programs and nursing managers to improve reSOCIALIZATION programs after role transitions. This study not only explains SOCIALIZATION concept of nursing profession, but also it creates starting point for more concept research and developing body of PROFESSIONAL nursing knowledge.

Background & Objective: PROFESSIONAL SOCIALIZATION is defined as the process of acquiring knowledge and skills; and internalizing values, attitudes, and norms to develop PROFESSIONAL identity. This process occurs primarily during formal education programs and continues during orientation to hospital settings. The aim of this study was to clarify PROFESSIONAL SOCIALIZATION concept; and to identify its attributes, antecedents and consequences in nursing context.Methods & Materials: Rodgers' evolutionary method of concept analysis was used to facilitate clarification of PROFESSIONAL SOCIALIZATION concept in nursing. The search, performed on scientific databases using the keywords: 'SOCIALIZATION', 'PROFESSIONAL SOCIALIZATION' and 'nursing', resulted in findings of a sample of 446 papers covering the period 1995 to 2009 represented the disciplines of nursing and related sciences. After applying inclusion and exclusion criteria, a total of 47 articles and four books were included in the final analysis. The process was audited by two independent experts to ensure neutrality and credibility of the study and to reduce the potentials for bias.Results: The result of the analysis showed that PROFESSIONAL SOCIALIZATION is a complex process consisting of four critical attributes: learning, being interactive, developing, and being adaptive. Comprehensive educational programs, competent role models, and provision of adequate field experiences were antecedents for these attributes. The widespread and diverse consequences of PROFESSIONAL SOCIALIZATION depend on personal, situational, and organizational factors. Thus, while occurrence of SOCIALIZATION process generates benefits, its nonoccurrence entails severe consequences.Conclusion: PROFESSIONAL SOCIALIZATION process is a complex, diverse, dynamic, ongoing, inevitable, and unpredictable process. This process can have both positive and negative consequences on PROFESSIONAL development. However, negative consequences are more prominently documented in the literature. Thus, successful SOCIALIZATION requires establishing facilities in education and practice. The purpose of this revolutionary concept analysis was to focus on significance and how-to-apply ways of the concept in nursing. These findings not only are added to the body of knowledge, but also serve as an important impetus for further theory development and research in nursing.

Background: Being a nurse is more than just a series of business activities and skills. In fact, it is a part of the process of SOCIALIZATION, which is internalization and development of PROFESSIONAL identity. PROFESSIONAL SOCIALIZATION is necessary for involving the students in PROFESSIONAL practices. Thus, the purpose of this qualitative research was to increase the understanding of PROFESSIONAL SOCIALIZATION in nursing and explore the related factors from the perspective of registered nurses and nursing students.Materials and Methods: In this qualitative design, data were collected on 43 nurses with a variety of experiences using semi-structured interviews and focus groups in the Shiraz University of Medical Sciences in 2012. Data were analyzed through inductive content analysis.Results: The data analysis revealed two main categories: (1) sense of belonging with three sub-categories of theory-practice incongruence, educational experiences and tacit knowledge and (2) forming PROFESSIONAL identity consisting of three sub-categories of relatedness, internal motivation and role model.Conclusions: This study demonstrates that in nursing, sense of belonging and PROFESSIONAL identity contributes to PROFESSIONAL SOCIALIZATION; it is suggested that these factors, which improve SOCIALIZATION in nurses, be taken into account by authorities.

Background: PROFESSIONAL SOCIALIZATION is the process of accepting PROFESSIONAL roles. Nursing students can undergo a transition from a student role to a PROFESSIONAL nurse by gaining learning experiences and acquiring the necessary competencies of the profession. Accordingly, this study was conducted to explain the understanding of nursing students about the process of PROFESSIONAL SOCIALIZATION. Methods: The present qualitative study was conducted using the conventional content analysis method. The participants included 18 students who were selected using purposive sampling. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews and analyzed using Graneheim and Lundman’, s qualitative content analysis method. Results: The analysis of the data led to the identification of one main theme and three subthemes. The core theme that emerged in this study was acquiring SOCIALIZATION skills and the subthemes included mental images and PROFESSIONAL expectations, social status and PROFESSIONAL values, and PROFESSIONAL accountability and teamwork. These themes illustrate the participants’,perception of PROFESSIONAL SOCIALIZATION. Conclusion: The findings showed that from the perspective of students, mental images and PROFESSIONAL expectations as well as PROFESSIONAL values and teamwork cause a sense of calmness, confidence, and PROFESSIONAL belonging in them and improve their social responsiveness.

Introduction: PROFESSIONAL SOCIALIZATION of nurses is essential in this caring profession and has a direct link with the quality of provided services. This study has been conducted with the aim of investigating the barriers of the SOCIALIZATION in nurses and provides strategies to address these barriers.Methods: This integrative review conducted based on the Broome approach. The studies that related to the purpose of study, being written in English or Persian, the full text was accessible and was published in the last 10 years, entered into research. Articles without name, no date and non-scientific were excluded. A wide range of Keywords such as PROFESSIONAL SOCIALIZATION, Nursing, Nurse was used to retrieve related studies. Besides studying library, Persian and International accredited online databases such as Magiran, SID, Iranmedex, Pubmed, google scholar, MEDLINE, Scopus, Elsevier and Sciencedirect were used. Ultimately, 21 articles were included. Data were analyzed based on Broom's method.Results: Analysis results showed that PROFESSIONAL SOCIALIZATION of nurses' barriers consist of three main categories of PROFESSIONAL factors, economic- welfare facilities factors and social factors.Conclusions: It's impossible to provide desirable and quality care by nurses without considering their social status and promoting it. So, health care system needs to consider PROFESSIONAL, economic and social barriers and apply the necessary measures to eliminate these barriers in order to improve the quality of care and patient satisfaction.