Vertical Violence Among Faculty Nursing Students Experienced in Health Care Settings During Their Clinical Learning.

Abstract

Background: Nursing students are exposed to violence in health care setting during their clinical training. Aim: The study aims to investigate to vertical violence encountered by the nursing students throughout their clinical learning in health care settings. Design: descriptive study was utilized Setting: This study was conducted at nursing college and allied health sciences, Jazan University, KSA. Subjects: The sample of convenience consisted of 95 students from 3 rd and 4 th grade. Tools: The following instruments were utilized: 1) Characteristics of student nurses and their violence sheet;2) Negative Acts Questionnaire; and The Bullying Student Nurse Questionnaire. Findings nearly half of the studied nursing students were encountered to violence during their clinic course for two to three times due to their lack of effective communication skills. With high frequency of exposure to negative acts as assignments, task, work or rotation responsibilities made for punishment rather than educational purposes, threats of violence or physical abuse or actual abuse and being ignored and excluded or socially isolated. Also; with high frequency of exposure to bullying behaviors as threats of physical violence, inappropriate jokes were made about me and teased. However, there were not significant correlation between assignments, task, threats of physical violence and academic achievements of the participants. Recommendations: The nursing students must be prepared efficiently before they attend clinical environment. Beside, continuous presence & supervision, of clinical instructors, where support and positive reinforcement is provided for the nursing students in a nonthreatening clinical environment.