scholarly journals Violence faced by nursing students in clinical practicals and its effects: A questionnaire survey

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 4380
Author(s):  
Yurdanur Dikmen ◽  
Dilek Yılmaz ◽  
Yasemin Yıldırım Usta
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Gender Discrimination ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Research Population ◽  
Verbal Violence ◽  
Student Information ◽  
Gender Factor ◽  
And Behavior

Nursing students may be exposed to all the kinds of violence in clinical practice areas. Purpose: This study was conducted in order to determine the violence faced by nursing students in clinical practice areas, its effect on the gender factor and the feelings and behavior of students after the violence.Methods: The study took place at a Foundation University in Bolu, Turkey over the period 2013-2014. The students' levels of voilence were assessed second, third and fourth years of the program. The research population consisted of the 256 students in the nursing department at the school. The sample group of the study consisted of a total of 220 students. Data were collected with a Student Information Form prepared by the researchers.Results: 69.1% of students were exposed to violence during their practicals, and this mostly (70.5%) took the form of verbal violence. 83.4% of female students reported that they were exposed to physical violence, 53.3% of them reported verbal violence and 60% reported that they were exposed to sexual violence, while 70.6% of the male students reported that they were exposed to gender discrimination. Among the forms of violence experienced, it was found that there was a statistically significant relationship (p<0.05) to gender.Conclusions: These results showed that students were frequently exposed to violence in clinical areas, the form of violence was mostly verbal violence, the majority of male students were exposed to gender discrimination.

scholarly journals The educational issues of male nursing workforce from the perspective of male nursing students: a qualitative study from Turkey

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Raziye Ozdemir ◽  
Celalettin Cevik
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Gender Discrimination ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing ◽  
Interview Guide ◽  
Ethical Approval ◽  
Clinical Practise ◽  
Depth Interviews

Background: The aim of the study was to determine the effects of gender on vocational training of male students who were enrolled in two university undergraduate nursing programs in Turkey.Methods: This qualitative study was carried out in 2014-2015. This qualitative study was carried out in University located in the northwest of Turkey and in University located in the west of Turkey in 2014-2015. The students were third and fourth year-students. In-depth interviews were conducted with students by using an interview guide composed of open-ended questions. The data were evaluated by using content analysis. The ethical approval was provided to conduct the study.Results: Five main themes raised from the in-depth interviews: 1) the reason for preferring nursing; 2) opinions about nursing; 3) educational environment and education content; 4) the issues in the clinical practise and 5) the working areas of the male nurses.Conclusions: The study pointed out the effect of the issues created by the gender discrimination on the education of the male nursing students along with the serious problems sprung from the insufficient infrastructure of the universities on nursing education.

scholarly journals Looking at male nurse discrimination among nursing students with O’connor finger-dexterity test; future of gender discrimination

2019 ◽  
pp. 39-47
Author(s):  
Gulden Aynaci
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Gender Difference ◽  
Gender Discrimination ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Test Duration ◽  
Finger Dexterity ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing ◽  
Hand Dexterity ◽  
Hand Eye Coordination

Hand-dexterity and hand-eye coordination are important in the nursing profession. In nursing education, equal conditions for gaining experience regardless of gender difference should be established. The aim of our study was to evaluate the effects of gender difference on hand-dexterity and hand-eye coordination. Our study included 100 undergraduate nursing students of XXX University evaluated by O’Connor finger dexterity test. The study demonstrated that males were careful and willing to take care of their patients but they felt they are at the backstage because the occupation is a female predominant one. They were careful during the O’Connor test. The average test duration of female and male students was similar. Students with longer hand and palm lengths had better hand-dexterity. Because wrist circumference and width were more in males than females; this provided advantage to males. O’Connor results demonstrated that male students aren’t less successful in terms of dexterity and hand-eye-coordination. Keywords: Hand-dexterity; nurse; O’connor

scholarly journals Evaluating nursing students clinic stress, and coping with stress during the clinic first day of the Woman Health and Diseases Nursing clinical course

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 1169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dilek Coşkuner Potur ◽  
Nevin Çitak Bilgin ◽  
Nuran Kömürcü
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Gender Discrimination ◽  
Clinical Course ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Health And Disease ◽  
Coping Scale ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Nursing Clinical ◽  
Nursing Course

<p class="Standard"><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study aimed to explore the clinical stress levels, stress sources and coping strategies of Turkish male and female nursing students attending the Woman’s Health and Disease Nursing clinical course on the first day.</p><p class="Standard"><strong>Method and material:</strong> This cross-sectional study was conducted in March 2010 at a public university located in Istanbul. The study group included 98 nursing students. Data were collected from the nursing students in the study group using a self-report questionnaire, clinical stress questionnaire and Carver Coping scale. The data were analyses using percentages, chi-square analysis, the Mann-Whitney U test and Cronbach's alpha coefficients<strong> </strong></p><p class="Standard"><strong>Results: </strong>Approximately half of the male students (47.6%) reported that they experienced stress since the patient group consisted of females and the majority of male students (76.2%) stated that they were subject to gender discrimination at the clinic and there was a significant difference between the male and female students. The male and female nursing students’ stress levels and Carver Coping scale total score of  on the first day of the Woman’s Health and Disease nursing clinical course was similar (p&gt;0.05). </p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong> Male students experience stress because the patient group consisted of women, the majority of male students reported that they were subject to gender discrimination and gender discrimination was a source of stress for them. Female and male nursing<strong> </strong>students experienced stress in the first day of the clinical course of the Woman's Health and Diseases Nursing course, and that the stressors and coping strategies were similar across genders. In the clinical training for the Woman's Health and Diseases Nursing course lectures should be aware of possible stressors and, if necessary, should help students in positive coping.</p>

scholarly journals LOOKING AT MALE NURSE DISCRIMINATION AMONG NURSING STUDENTS WITH O’CONNOR’S FINGER DEXTERITY TEST: FUTURE OF GENDER DISCRIMINATION

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. e27-e36
Author(s):  
Gulden Aynaci ◽  
Hediye Gulmez
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Gender Difference ◽  
Gender Discrimination ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Nursing Profession ◽  
Male Students ◽  
Finger Dexterity ◽  
Hand Dexterity ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Hand Eye Coordination

Background and objective Hand dexterity and hand–eye coordination are very important in nursing profession. In nursing education, equal conditions for gaining experience should be established regardless of gender difference. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of gender difference on hand dexterity and hand–eye coordination. Material and methods This study included 100 undergraduate nursing students from the Trakya University, and they were evaluated using the O’Connor’s finger dexterity test. Results Previous study results demonstrated that males were careful and willing to take care of their patients, but they felt that they had to be at the backstage because the occupation is a female-predominant one. They were very careful during the O’Connor’s test. The average test duration for both the male and female students was similar. Students with longer hand and palm lengths had better hand dexterity. The larger wrist circumference and wrist width in male students than female students provided an advantage to the male nursing students. The O’Connor’s test results demonstrated that gender discrimination in nursing profession is meaningless in terms of dexterity. Conclusion This study approaches gender discrimination in nursing with a different perspective. Male students are not less successful in hand and eye coordination and hand dexterity. It is important for males to have clinical learning without having sexual discrimination in order to provide high-quality patient care, it may help their career growth.

Theory-Practice Gap: The Experiences of Nigerian Nursing Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Titilayo Dorothy Odetola ◽  
Olusola Oluwasola ◽  
Christoph Pimmer ◽  
Oluwafemi Dipeolu ◽  
Samson Oluwayemi Akande ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
The Body ◽  
Clinical Staff ◽  
Clinical Settings ◽  
Practice Gap ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Analyse Data ◽  
Theory Practice Gap

The “disconnect” between the body of knowledge acquired in classroom settings and the application of this knowledge in clinical practice is one of the main reasons for professional fear, anxiety and feelings of incompetence among freshly graduated nurses. While the phenomenon of the theory-to-practice gap has been researched quite extensively in high-income country settings much less is known about nursing students’ experiences in a developing country context. To rectify this shortcoming, the qualitative study investigated the experiences of nursing students in their attempt to apply what they learn in classrooms in clinical learning contexts in seven sites in Nigeria. Thematic content analysis was used to analyse data gained from eight focus group discussions (n = 80) with the students. The findings reveal a multifaceted theory-practice gap which plays out along four tensions: (1) procedural, i.e. the difference between practices from education institutions and the ones enacted in clinical wards – and contradictions that emerge even within one clinical setting; (2) political, i.e. conflicts that arise between students and clinical staff, especially personnel with a lower qualification profile than the degree that students pursue; (3) material, i.e. the disconnect between contemporary instruments and equipment available in schools and the lack thereof in clinical settings; and (4) temporal, i.e. restricted opportunities for supervised practice owing to time constraints in clinical settings in which education tends to be undervalued. Many of these aspects are linked to and aggravated by infrastructural limitations, which are typical for the setting of a developing country. Nursing students need to be prepared regarding how to deal with the identified procedural, political, material and temporal tensions before and while being immersed in clinical practice, and, in so doing, they need to be supported by educationally better qualified clinical staff.

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