Nursing students' experiences of workplace violence and aggression

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by  Bonnie Jean Beardsley

Walden University
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Nursing students' experiences of workplace
violence and aggression: Making sense of the
phenomenon for educators
Bonnie Jean Beardsley
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Nursing Students’ Experiences of Workplace Violence and Aggression:
Making Sense of the Phenomenon for Educators
by
Bonnie J. Beardsley
MSN, Lewis University, 1996
BSN, Olivet University, 1993
Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
Of the Requirement for the Degree of
Doctor of Philosophy
Education
Walden University
February 2003
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ABSTRACT
Nursing Students’ Experiences of Workplace Violence and Aggression
Making Sense of the Phenomenon for Educators
by
Bonnie J. Beardsley
MSN, Lewis University, 1996
BSN, Olivet University, 1993
Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Doctor of Philosophy
Education
Walden University
February 2003
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ABSTRACT
This phenomenological study explored female nursing students’ perceptions of
their experiences of workplace violence and aggression, their methods for coping with
and adjusting to the violence, and the implications for nursing education.
A notice soliciting volunteers was posted on student bulletin boards in multiple
schools of nursing throughout Illinois. Ten participants were selected from a pool of
volunteers who met predetermined criteria. Open-ended interviews each lasting
approximately 60 minutes were conducted and tape-recorded. Four interview questions
that guided the process changed as the narrative unfolded, and in some cases, probing
became necessary to gain a rich description. Data analysis was completed using
Colaizzi’s Seven-Step Model.
The results of this study suggested nursing students may experience some form of
workplace violence during their nursing education. Once exposed the nursing student
may become a silent victim, afraid to report the incident, fearing she will be expelled
from nursing school. As a silent victim, the student lacks the ability to cope with the
situation partly because of the limited nursing curriculum on workplace violence. This
may lead to anger, fear, multiple stress responses, and a distorted perception of caring in
the nursing profession. In the end, the nursing student may enter the workplace as a
nurse perpetuating the cycle of silent victim of violence, or take on the challenge to break
the cycle, opening the way for improving the nursing profession.
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