Abstract

Incivility has infiltrated our institutions of higher learning as well as the world of nursing. All too familiar in nursing is the phrase ";eating their young,"; which aptly describes how nurses treat other nurses, even though they should be nurturing and caring professionals. The investigator explored nursing and health science students' perceptions of student and faculty uncivil behaviors within the academic environment, seeking the levels and frequency of the problem. Bandura's social learning theory presents a sound theoretical framework for this dissertation. The research methodology consisted of a quantitative descriptive approach. The Incivility in Higher Education-Revised (IHE-R) Survey was used to compare nursing and health science student perceptions of the level and frequency of student and faculty incivility. Descriptive statistics and independent t tests were used to compare the different student perceptions. The study results indicated that perceptions of student behavioral levels were between somewhat and moderately uncivil. Student perceptions of faculty behavioral levels were found to be more moderate. Review of the frequency levels reflected students' frequencies to be never as compared with faculty, which indicated a frequency of sometimes. These results indicated that students perceived incivility to not be problematic within their individual programs, although it found faculty behavior levels were more uncivil even when similar behaviors were demonstrated by students. In general, these results were atypical than other results as incivility is found to be a rising problem. Further study is needed to confirm these results.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 10839592; ProQuest document ID: 2150177335. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

Diane Louise Smith, PhD

Sigma Membership

Rho Gamma

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Descriptive/Correlational

Research Approach

Qualitative Research

Keywords:

Nurse to Nurse Violence, Workplace Incivility, Bullying of Students

Advisor

Lynn E. Bryant

Degree

PhD

Degree Grantor

Nova Southeastern University

Degree Year

2018

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None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2020-04-15

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