Seeing Students Squirm: Nursing Students’ Experiences of Bullying Behaviors During Clinical Rotations

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• Alternative Title:
  J Nurs Educ
• Personal Author:
  Smith, Carolyn R. ; Gillespie, Gordon Lee ; Brown, Kathryn C. ; Grubb, Paula L.
• Description:
  Background
  
  Bullying remains a troubling problem in the nursing profession. Nursing students may encounter bullying behavior in clinical settings. However nursing students may not be adequately prepared to recognize and handle bullying behavior when it occurs. The purpose of this study was to gain greater understanding of nursing students’ experiences of bullying behaviors in the clinical setting.
  
  Method
  
  Using a descriptive qualitative approach, eight focus groups were held with 56 undergraduate baccalaureate nursing students from four college campuses. Focus group data were coded and analyzed for themes.
  
  Results
  
  Four categories of themes were identified: bullying behaviors, rationale for bullying, response to bullying, and recommendations to address bullying. Each category and its corresponding themes are presented.
  
  Conclusion
  
  Interventions for nurse educators to address bullying of nursing students in clinical settings are presented.
• Subjects:
  • Adult
  • Bullying
  • Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate
  • Female
  • Focus Groups
  • Humans
  • Interprofessional Relations
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Students, Nursing
  More +
• Source:
  J Nurs Educ. 55(9):505-513.
• Pubmed ID:
  27560118
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5149060
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
• Volume:
  55
• Issue:
  9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/43207/cdc_43207_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 404.93 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:90827ba05ff402b5a04a4d526e992ea60c47ef9aa108b71a6b1b67274bf4f6f7