Janice Cooper has recently joined a hospital as a part of the internship program prescribed by the nursing school she attends. Janice, who was inspired to take up this profession by the story of Florence Nightingale, had very strong ideals about how she should behave as a nurse. She felt that as a nurse, she must be gentle, pleasant, and caring at all times so she could serve her patients well, and she often went to great lengths as an intern by putting in extra hours at the hospital and so on. The scenario reflects Janice's ________.
A) role fuzziness
B) role perception
C) role status
D) role ambiguity
E) role conflict

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Janice's strong ideals about how she should behave as a nurse reflect her role perception, which is the way a person believes they should behave in a particular role. The other options, such as role fuzziness, role status, role ambiguity, and role conflict, do not accurately describe Janice's situation.

Janice Cooper Has Recently Joined a Hospital as a Part