title: Perspectives on role socialization of nurses.
abstract: Individuals enact roles according to their personal knowledge of the role and the expectations of others interacting with the role. This is especially evident in patient care, where depths of knowledge are crucial to outcomes. The pecking order of health care professionals is directly related to the knowledge levels of the role enactors. Nurses tend to be the proverbial low man on the totem pole.
authors.affiliation: Christman-Cornsky and Associates, Chapel Hill, TN.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Christman
mesh_terms: D004507:Education, Nursing, Associate; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D005260:Female; D006676:History of Nursing; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D009726:Nurses; D012380:Role; D012951:Socialization; D014481:United States; D014933:Women's Rights