Bullying among nursing students during clinical practice

Abstract

Objective: Bullying behavior that occurs in the educational environment, such as insulting, giving a bad nickname, slandering, terrorizing, and others. Bullying is disturbing behavior that causes mental damage to its victims. This study aims to describe the occurrences of bullying among nursing students in Pekanbaru, Indonesia. Methods: This study was a quantitative study with a descriptive method. There were 83 respondents from four different colleges selected by accidental sampling. Bullying measurement using a questionnaire from Multidimensional Peer-Victimization Scale and modified by the researcher based on forms of bullying behavior such as verbal, physical, and nonverbal forms. The validity and reliability of the content of the questionnaire were determined with 20 respondents. Bullying measurement is declared valid if r results> r table (0.444), and is obtained (0.894> 0.444). Result: The results showed that more than half of them, namely 56 (67.5 %) nursing students get bullied. It was found that most respondents are insulted about 94 %. Conclusion: Bullying in nursing education still happens, need further research to solve bullying in nursing school.