Violence experienced by Turkish nursing students in clinical settings: their emotions and behaviors.
OBJECTIVE
This descriptive study aimed to determine the violence experiences of nursing students' in clinical settings, the types of violence, and the way their behaviors and emotions are affected after such an experience.


BACKGROUND
The risk of being subjected to violence among health staff is very high and the students who worked in the same kind of work environments also faced similar risks.


METHODS
The data of the study were obtained from the 380 nursing students who were studying at 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grades. Participation was voluntary. A questionnaire form was developed by the researchers and distributed to the students.


RESULTS
It was found that 50.3% of the students were subjected to violence, and 91.6% of these students were subjected to verbal violence. The students most frequently experienced anger, fury, and enmity (84.3%) after confronting violence.


CONCLUSIONS
Findings of our study showed that similar to nurses, nursing students, who spent a significant proportion of their education in areas of practice, also experienced violence. Therefore, measures should be taken to prevent the violence inflicted upon nursing students in clinical settings, and nursing students should be provided with information related to communication and the coping methods with violence during their education.
Celebioğlu
Ayda
A
Ataturk University, School of Nursing, Erzurum, Turkey. ayda@atauni.edu.tr
Akpinar
Reva Balci
RB
Küçükoğlu
Sibel
S
Engin
Raziye
R
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017751:Safety Management; D017406:Sexual Harassment / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014421:Turkey; D014705:Verbal Behavior; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017132:Workplace / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult