Graduation Term
2024
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Mennonite College of Nursing
Committee Chair
Theresa Adelman-Mullally
Abstract
The well-being of nurses is pivotal to both the future of the nursing profession and healthcare. Professional enculturation of nurses starts in nursing education, and faculty are largely responsible for preparing nursing students for the profession. Yet, faculty to student incivility is a widespread and pervasive issue in nursing education. Incivility has been substantially documented in nursing education, with researchers citing the damage to the well-being of nursing students and subsequent negative impacts on self-esteem and learning. Descriptions of these negative impacts are consistent with the phenomenon of shame. However, research connecting incivility and shame could not be located. In general, shame is not well documented in the nursing literature, leaving a clear gap to be explored. This dissertation includes a review of the literature related to faculty to student incivility in undergraduate nursing and shame in nursing education. In addition, this dissertation includes analysis and results for quantitative and qualitative data collected exploring perceptions and frequencies of faculty incivility, shame coping mechanisms, correlations between frequency of faculty incivility and shame coping mechanisms, and experiences of shame in undergraduate nursing students from two midwestern universities. In summation, findings support previous research on the perception and prevalence of incivility, establish a possible correlation between incivility and shame, and serve as a foundation for further research related to shame in nursing education.KEYWORDS: faculty incivility, shame, shame coping, undergraduate nursing students
Access Type
Dissertation-Open Access
Recommended Citation
Clark, Sarah, "Faculty Incivility and Student Shame in Undergraduate Nursing Education" (2024). Theses and Dissertations. 2044.
https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/etd/2044
DOI
https://doi.org/10.30707/ETD2024.20250116063114702055.999997
