ESL Versus Non-ESL Nursing Students' Perceptions of Incivility in the Clinical Setting

• Published in: The Journal of nursing education Vol. 57; no. 12; pp. 720 - 726
• Main Authors: Ruvalcaba, Judith Gonzalez, Welch, Susan, Carlisle, Joan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States SLACK INCORPORATED 01-12-2018
• Subjects: Behavior; Collectivism; College professors; Communication; Communication Barriers; Culture; Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; Educational Environment; Emotional abuse; Faculty, Nursing; Female; Hispanic Americans; Humans; Incivility; Individualism; Interprofessional Relations; Learning; Male; Nurses; Nursing; Nursing education; Nursing Students; Perceptions; Social psychology; Socialization; Student attitudes; Students, Nursing - psychology; Surveys and Questionnaires; Theory
• ISSN: 0148-4834; 1938-2421
• DOI: 10.3928/01484834-20181119-04

Incivility toward nursing students in the clinical setting has been reported. The purpose of the study was to determine whether there was a difference between English as second language (ESL) and non-ESL nursing students' perceptions of staff nurse incivility.
The Uncivil Clinical Behavior in Nursing Education Tool and the Horizontal and Vertical Individualism/Collectivism Scale were used to collect data. A final sample of 975 surveys was analyzed.
Exclusionary behaviors, total incivility, and vertical collectivism were significantly different between ESL and non-ESL students. However, the effect size of the finding was small. Time in the program, age, and gender were significant predictors of incivility.
Although ESL status did not influence exclusionary behaviors, vertical collectivism, or student perceptions of staff nurse incivility, it may be predicted by time in the program, age, and gender. [J Nurs Educ. 2018;57(12):720-726.].