Date of Conferral
2-10-2025
Degree
Ph.D.
School
Nursing
Advisor
Carolyn Sipes
Abstract
Incivility among nursing students is well documented in the academic, clinical, and leadership literature. Student incivility towards faculty was less studied, and merited investigation because incivility can lead to faculty discontentment, stress, and attrition, exacerbating the scarcity of nursing faculty. The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study, which was underpinned by the health belief model, was to explore the perceptions of nursing faculty who experience student incivility in the Western region of the United States. Open-ended, semistructured interviews were conducted with 11 nursing faculty who shared perceptions of their experience of student incivility behavior. Open coding and thematic analysis yielded five themes: (a) sense of isolation, (b) pursuit of collaboration, (c) questioning of qualifications, (d) consideration of resignation, and (e) coping mechanisms. A recommendation for practice and research, based on the findings, is to incorporate incivility awareness education into the nursing program curriculum early and through interactive methods in a multifaceted approach. By formally integrating incivility awareness into education programs, nursing educators may be able to promote positive social change.
Recommended Citation
Parsons, Dehlia Abaya, "The Perceptions of Nursing Faculty Who Experience Student Incivility Behavior" (2025). Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies. 17309.
https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/17309
