title: Can a comprehensive code of conduct discourage incivility in nursing students?
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This article discusses problems associated with incivility in nursing education and a proposed implementation strategy designed to decrease uncivil acts of student behavior.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Like most colleges across the nation, this nursing program was experiencing an increase in acts of student incivility.
  Incivility, also called bullying, may include behaviors such as name calling, side conversations, and condescending language.
  
  
  METHODS
  The sample consisted of 94 third-semester nursing students and 6 faculty members. The Incivility in Nursing Education survey was used as a tool to measure student and faculty perceptions.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data from pre- and postimplementation surveys demonstrated scientific evidence of both faculty and student perception and a significant decrease in acts of uncivil behavior in the nursing program.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Because the study was limited to one nursing program and included only third-semester nursing students, the results of the study may not be transferable to all nursing programs.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study revealed a reduction in perceived uncivil acts of behavior in the nursing program by faculty and students.
authors.affiliation: Renae Authement is a nursing instructor at Angelina College in Lufkin, Tex.
authors.forename: Renae
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Authement
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D058445:Bullying / Q000517:prevention & control*; D032781:Codes of Ethics; D004506:Education, Nursing; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult