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Student nurses' bullying, social support and their health status during clinical practicum programmes
Author(s) -
Fang Li,
Fang ChingLin,
Fang ShuHui
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of nursing practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.62
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1440-172X
pISSN - 1322-7114
DOI - 10.1111/ijn.12869
Subject(s) - practicum , nursing , social support , medicine , medical education , psychology , social psychology
Aims This study was to explore the student nurses' bullying, social support and their health status during clinical practicum programmes and the predictors of health status among student nurses during clinical practicum programmes. Methods A cross‐sectional design with structured questionnaires was used, recruiting 200 student nurses in a 5‐year junior college programme in south Taiwan. Results The significant predictors of nursing students' health status during clinical practicum programmes were ‘whether experiencing bullying situations during clinical practicum’ and ‘low social support’. Conclusion In order to prevent bullying during clinical practicum, encouraging nursing students to report all the clinical practicum bullying incidents, providing counselling to nursing students and arranging clinical practicum bullying prevention courses to students were important. Moreover, providing instructors and nursing staff with teaching, communication and feedback skills might help nursing students prevent bullying incidents during clinical practicum programmes. A longitudinal study design was suggested for the future study in order to assess the cause–effect relationship of the bullying and social support on health among students during clinical practicum