Do graduate entry nursing student’s experience ‘Imposter Phenomenon’?: An issue for debate
Journal article
Authors | Aubeeluck, Aimee, Stacey, Gemma and Stupple, Edward J. N. |
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Abstract | The recruitment of Graduates into the nursing profession is seen as advantageous in the academic literature. Conversely educated nurses are often portrayed in the media as “too posh to wash”. We would argue these conflicting discourses have a negative effect on graduate entry nurse education. Graduate nursing students may be particularly susceptible to “Imposter Phenomenon” a concept that describes an “internal experience of intellectual phoniness” exhibited by individuals who appear successful to others, but internally feel incompetent. We would like to encourage debate through the presentation of a small set of pilot data that established that 74% of the participants had frequent to intense experiences of Imposter Phenomenon. Students experienced feelings of failure despite consistent high achievement. Our findings and the prevalent negative rhetoric surrounding highly educated student nurses raise concerns regarding the impact of the anti-intellectualism on the Graduate entry student’s perception of self. Others may argue that this could simply be a ’natural’ or expected level of anxiety in a time of transition that has no lasting impact. We debate this issue in relation to the existing literature to encourage critical dialogue. |
Keywords | Imposter phenomenon; Nursing; graduate recruitment |
Year | 2016 |
Journal | Nurse Education in Practice |
ISSN | 14715953 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2016.06.003 |
Web address (URL) | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1471595316300415?via%3Dihub |
hdl:10545/615641 | |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | 06 Jun 2016 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 04 Jun 2016 |
Deposited | 06 Jul 2016, 12:37 |
Rights | Archived with thanks to Nurse Education in Practice |
Contributors | University of Derby |
File | File Access Level Open |
https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/935w4/do-graduate-entry-nursing-student-s-experience-imposter-phenomenon-an-issue-for-debate
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