A new graduate has been working as an RN for 6 months and is no longer working with a preceptor. However, she still frequently checks with an experienced nurse to validate that she is following the rules and the policies she is still learning. The new graduate in this scenario exhibits the actions of what theoretical level of skill?

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In general, a novice is rule driven, is a concrete thinker, and believes and trusts whomever has authority or whatever direction is perceived to have come from someone in authority. Benner (1984) suggests that with experience and practice, nurses advance through the different levels of nursing knowledge-novice, competent, proficient, and expert.

A New Graduate Has Been Working as an RN for 6