Date of Conferral
8-28-2024
Date of Award
August 2024
Degree
Ph.D.
School
Nursing
Advisor
Leslie Hussey
Abstract
Incivility in nursing academia can occur with various people in the role of the perpetrator or victim, including students, faculty, and healthcare professionals in clinical settings. Nursing faculty incivility towards students may lead to nursing student attrition in practical nursing or associate degree programs. The purposes of this study, guided by Bandura’s social learning theory and Tajfel’s social identity theory, were to determine if there is a (a) difference in perceived faculty incivility in nursing students who withdraw from nursing school and nursing students who do not withdraw and (b) the difference in the levels of perceived faculty incivility between practical nursing or associate degree nursing students. Data on 126 participants in practical and associate degree nursing education programs in the United States within the last 5 years were analyzed using a Mann-Whitney U test. Perceived faculty incivility was measured with the Incivility in Nursing Education-Revised (INE-R). Results revealed no statistically significant differences in perceived faculty incivility between practical nursing and associate degree nursing students and between participants who withdrew or dropped out from nursing school and those nursing students who did not withdraw or drop out. Recommendations for further research include focused studies on incivility in nursing students, providing a safe way, without retaliation, to report incivility, and further evaluating reasons for students withdrawing from nursing school. Strategies to eliminate perceived faculty incivility towards students and education on faculty incivility are needed, which affects positive social change.
Recommended Citation
Solheim, Amber, "Effects of Nursing Faculty Incivility on Nursing Student Attrition" (2024). Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies. 16310.
https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/16310
