Role Transition Analysis

I will become an adult when I start paying all of my bills on my own with no help. I become an adult when I truly understand what responsibility is. I will stop being a child when I don’t have help with my problems. This chapter reminds me of times I had talks with certain teachers who really helped me. My thoughts on adulthood are that it is scary because at one point i’m going to be alone with nothing but my own problems and responsibilities. I will know i’m an adult when I wake up in the morning and the first thing on my mind is working and bills. I’m going to understand that the only person who can make choices and decisions is

Being an adult is the number one thing that children want to be: The desire to get older to do things that you want when you want and having no one say otherwise. However, what is an adult? An ambiguous term that really falls into the hands of the individual, where at Sixteen you can drive, eighteen you can vote, and twenty-one you can drink, for those in the USA, all varying ages that individuals could use as indications of adulthood. Robin Heinig wrote and article “What is it about 20- somethings?” where she discusses Arnett’s proposal about a new developmental stage, “Emerging Adulthood”. Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, an American professor in psychology, believes that we aren 't entering adulthood till the later portions of our twenties. For some, this may be true but for the general population including myself I find this hard to believe. Leo Hendry’s article, “How universal is emerging adulthood? An empirical example”, on emerging adulthood gives a deeper understanding to what this generation 's kids are going through. The late teens are a crucial part to the lives of a young adult. It 's the time that we spend trying to identify ourselves, escape the circumstance that we are put into at a younger age, or just had a better family income. Arnett is not wrong, but all other external factors need to be accounted for before we know, or even consider if emerging adulthood is a new developmental stage.

$90,000 and above. This variation is mainly dependent upon geographic location and employer. GNP’s in California, Hawaii, and New Jersey, for example, have the highest salaries compared to those in mid-western and southern states. Individual salaries are further influenced by, and increase with, additional education and experience. Being a GNP brings additional rewards. There is the satisfaction of rendering quality care to a large and growing population that is in dire need of specialized care at this particular time in their lives. For me, it is the feeling of gratification that comes with knowing, that after a person has lived many years, I can be of help in making their final years as healthy and comfortable as possible, even when the need for palliative care arises. Most important, is the relationship that develops with the client, and the opportunity to learn from the experience with each individual.

A role is defined as a set of expectations society assumes a person in a certain position or occupation will perform. As we advance in our nursing career we have to deal with the role transition as well. LVNs and RNs share some professional roles such as being patient advocates, counselors, mentors, educators, leaders, and communicators. But, RNs also have significantly different roles with higher expectations. The difference between LVNs and RNs is that the professional nurse has a more expanded educational level and is expected to have higher knowledge of clinical and critical thinking skills. Their scope of practice is a bit more extensive than the LVNs. Registered

Another popular theory for being considered an adult is the legal voting age. In most countries the legal age is 18, including the United States. In Italy, however, you cannot vote for a senator until age

There are many factors that constitute being an adult. An adult is much more than turning the age of 18. The definition in the dictionary states an adult means being completely grown: fully developed and mature. I think there is much more that defines an adult. In the United States an adult is considered to be someone who takes responsibility of themselves and their actions. An adult has stability in their life and is able to take care of themselves physically, mentally, financially and emotionally. In other countries and cultures there definition of an adult differs.

Emerging adulthood is the period of time when young adults are in a transition from adolescence to young adulthood. This time emphasizes change and exploration of possible life directions in love, work, and worldviews. It is the time when young adults form romantic and long-term relationships such as marriage, and when they get established in a career field. It is also the age of identity explorations, instability, possibilities, feeling in-between and self-focused.

As a college senior myself, this article is very relevant to my current life. In general terms, an adult is more responsible, has set plans, and is ready to face the real world. An emerging adult, however, is less responsible and more of a “free spirit” in layman terms. With less than 70 days till graduation, I can very clearly identify myself as an emerging adult. For future research upon this topic, I think it would be important to note how old the college student is. For example, a college freshman is much more likely to be classified as an emerging adult than a college

It has been suggested by previous research that the majority of 18 to 25 year olds are no longer part of the adolescent group. Though, they do not consider themselves to be adults either. Scientists have long discovered that adolescence is critical in the transition to adulthood (Hagan & Wheaton, 1993). This period between adolescence and adulthood has been referred to as emerging adulthood (Arnett, 2000). The transition from adolescence to adulthood often involved; graduating, finding a fixed job, establishing an independent household, getting married and becoming a parent (Arnett, 1997, 2001; Nelson & McNamara Barry, 2005). However, some propose that teenagers

. Many of these people feel like they are “in between” because the feeling of being fully adult takes time to develop; the feeling doesn’t happen just because they got married or they graduated, you’re in between being a teenager and an adult. According to one study, the person needs to accept responsibility for them self, make independent decisions, and become financially independent; other studies have shown similar criteria for development with the addition of finishing school, for the person to feel like they are fully an adult.

Young adulthood can also be referred to as the “emerging adult” stage. Some may characterize this stage as the point when an individual is in-between the struggles of adolescence and starting to feel responsible for themselves, but still closely tied to their parents and family. Emerging adulthood can be defined as an Age of identity exploration, Age of instability, Age of self-focus, Age of feeling in between, and the Age of possibilities. I believe that I am not a full- fledged adult yet because I am still going through the junctures/stages that are still associates with the young adulthood phase.

The transition to adulthood always seemed to be some momentous or celebratory event; something which everyone should be able to look forward to. While that's what is brought to mind when the transition is brought up, that isn't always the reality. I became an adult more than ever as a 15-year-old in the second semester of my freshman year.

The roles inventory activity was a great learning opportunity for us because most of us are from different counties therefore we have no idea what some of these professions are. This activity gave us a chance, to learn about the many things done by people from all different professional back grounds such as physician assistant, physical therapist, Optometrist or occupational therapist. After going over the spread sheet of different responsibilities that everyone in each profession has it clearly made sense as to how important interprofessional education is. There are many responsibilities that we have as pharmacists and those responsibilities are shared equally by the people of other professions as well. During interprofessional education we

There are five key features that characterize emerging adulthood. The first s identity exploration. The second is “Instability.” For many the instability is a result of residential changes such as living in a dorm. There is also instability in friendships, romantic relationships, academia, and work. Emerging adults have few obligations, responsibilities, and commitments. Because they have so much autonomy in controlling their own lives the third key feature is “Self-Focused.” One of the most difficult

What does it mean to be an adult? Does accountability make a person an adult? Does learning and improving on past experiences make someone an adult? Will caring for one’s self make somebody an adult? These are all small pieces to the puzzle but there is more to an adult then being a self-reliant, hardworking individual that pays their bills on time. In my opinion, you can be sixteen years old and be classified as an adult or twenty eight years old and not be an adult. Being an adult means that you are responsible, mature, and independent.