Nurse Educators’ Ineffective Coping Mechanisms: Do They Propagate Classroom Incivility?| Chapter 15 | Issues and Development in Health Research Vol. 2
Background: Research has explicitly defined nursing student incivility, with evidence that nursing students participate in uncivil behaviour on a regular basis. Nurse educators' responsibilities have expanded to encompass not only innovative classroom and clinical tactics, but also strategies for dealing with nursing student incivility. Nurse educators and administrators are concerned about the growth in incivility among nursing students. Stress has been linked to the development of poor coping reactions and has an impact on an individual's perception of an uncivil engagement, just like incivility. Methods: Data was collected from 39 nurse educators working at three nursing schools in the southern United States using a mixed-methods convergent parallel design. The design, according to Creswell [1,] “combines elements of both qualitative and quantitative approaches” (p. 3). The researcher was able to collect both quantitative and qualitative data, run independent analyses, and...