Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:
1. Describe the concept of professional socialization.
2. Summarize three strategies to support socialization of new hires.

Faculty

Arlene Kruzel, MSN, RN-BC
Nursing Educator
Nursing Professional Practice
Baystate Medical Center 

Carol Lynn, MSN, RN-BC
Nursing Educator, Cardiac Telemetry M5/M6/M7
Nursing Professional Practice
Baystate Medical Center 

Faculty Disclosure

The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education ( CE ) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options.  Faculty or planner conflicts of interest are resolved before the educational activity.

None of the members of the faculty and planning committee for this educational event have commercial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods and services consumed by or used on patients.

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