Verbal abuse experienced by nursing students

Abstract

Education and healthcare providers should prepare students to manage negative verbal exchanges during nursing education, and policies and support networks relating to managing verbal abuse in clinical practice should be available to nursing students.

Nursing students' experiences of violence: A Questionnaire Survey

“…Student reports of verbal aggression in clinical settings range from 35−92%. [14,[27][28][29] In addition, the gap observed between verbal aggression and other categories of violence in the current study is similar to previous results. For example, Celebioglu et al [29] recently reported that verbal aggression rates were 91.6% according to student nurses in Turkey; however, physical-sexual harrassment rates were approximately 8% in this same population.…”

“…[18] Many studies report that healthcare staff, including students, is exposed to more violent behaviours from patients and relatives in psychiatric clinics. [14,41,[44][45][46] The current results confirm these findings, as student nurses' ranked psychiatric clinics as the least safe place for clinical practice. However, in a study investigating horizontal violence in the first professional year, McKenna et al [41] found lower rates of horizontal violence in psychiatric clinics compared to other clinics.…”

“…While patients and their relatives have been the primary perpetrators in studies investigating verbal aggression and physical violence, [14,18,29,34] healthcare workers are reported as perpetrators in studies evaluating psychological and sexual violence. [9,29,35] McKenna et al [36] noted that patients were the primary perpetrators of verbal and verbal-sexual aggression; however, Hinchberger [9] reported that clinical staff was the most assailant group to students, as they were associated with approximately 50% of violence.…”

“…In addition, numerous studies report that nursing students, younger nurses, and less experienced and less educated nursing staff are more vulnerable to patient aggression. [1,5,6,14,[17][18][19][20][21][22] There is a changing trend in workplace violence, such that co-worker, physician, and academic staff-initiated violence has increased in healthcare professions. In a study examining horizontal violence (an act of subtle or overt aggression perpetrated by one colleague towards another colleague), Randle [23] claimed that the cycle of horizontal violence begins during nursing education.…”

Turkish nursing students’ perceptions and experiences of bullying behavior in nursing education

“…Also it is quoted that nursing students have the highest risk of experiencing aggression because of inexperience, frequent ward changes and the challenge of meeting new environments [5] . Although The World Health Organizations, the International Council of Nurses, and Public Services International recognize the incidence of violent episodes as a major health priority, the number of nurses affected by this problem still continues to rise [7,13] .…”