Nursing instructors’ perception of students’ uncivil behaviors: A qualitative study

Abstract

Three themes were found: disruptive behavior affecting communication climate, disruptive behavior affecting ethical climate, and disruptive behavior affecting learning climate. Discussion and final considerations: The results of this study demonstrated that uncivil behavior affects every ethical, communicational, and learning climate and threaten peace of the instructors, students, and the academic community. With the consideration of mutuality in incivility behaviors, the authors propose to examine students' perceptions and identify dimensions of uncivil behavior of instructors for formulating strategies to minimize such behaviors in nursing educational society.

Faculty incivility: lived experiences of nursing graduates in the United Arab Emirates

“…Palaz () noted that students exposed to faculty bullying experience loss of concentration, decreased motivation and suboptimal performance. In line with these findings, Masoumpoor et al () revealed faculty emotional support to students, and positive faculty–student relationships promote students’ self‐esteem and motivation to learn.…”

Incivility through the continuum of nursing: A concept analysis

“…Within the literature reviewed, two main themes were identified as antecedents: a culture of incivility and power gradient. A culture of incivility is the presence of negative behaviors in academia and the workplace with or without policies against uncivil behaviors, lacking collaboration, or demonstrating ineffective communication to promote change . In the work and academic environments, a lack of positive role models exist who demonstrate civil interactions .…”

“…Power gradients exist between individuals of different social or environmental status that create a “sense” of the authority of one individual over another. In nursing, power gradients exist based on seniority and position, or role, within the environment . While seniority is predominantly in the workplace related to the length of service, seniority is also present among nursing students based on their semester placement in the nursing program and nursing faculty based on rank, including tenure or nontenure track and clinical versus didactic role.…”

“…The described demeaning actions were mainly verbal. In the literature, demeaning actions included rude, sarcastic remarks, passive‐aggressive statements, belittling language, and gossiping …”

“…Psychosocial distress diminishes an individual's satisfaction in the workplace leading to a turnover . Psychosocial consequences in the literature include impaired self‐confidence, impaired self‐esteem, and an impaired social image or sense of belonging …”