Verbal abuse of nursing and midwifery students in clinical settings in Turkey
JOURNAL OF NURSING EDUCATION, vol.45, no.10, pp.396-403, 2006 (SCI-Expanded, SSCI, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 45 Issue: 10
- Publication Date: 2006
- Doi Number: 10.3928/01484834-20061001-04
- Journal Name: JOURNAL OF NURSING EDUCATION
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.396-403
- Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
This phenomenological study describes nursing and midwifery students' experiences with and perceptions of verbal abuse in clinical settings in Turkey. Purposive sampling and, within this technique, typical case sampling were used to capture the students' most typical experiences of verbal abuse. Four categories with 10 themes describing verbal abuse experiences emerged from interviews. The abusive behavior originated from clinical instructors, agency nurses and midwives, physicians, patients, and patients' families. Abuse included health care professionals' exhibiting condescending attitudes toward and making derogatory comments about nursing higher education, refusing to share clinical knowledge and skills with students, belittling students' approaches to patient care, and humiliating and treating students as health care professionals of lesser value.