An Intervention to Promote Civility Among Nursing Students

Abstract

Expansion of this study to further test the impact of civility-focused journal clubs is recommended.

Journal Club for Prelicensure Nursing Students

“…Journal clubs have been used to teach students civility, helpfulness to peers, coping strategies, collaboration, and problem solving. 14,15 Undergraduate nursing student journal clubs also have been used successfully to foster professional development. 16 Not only are journal clubs useful in the academic setting, but they also have value in the clinical environment.…”

Using an innovative journal club strategy to teach civility to nursing students: Lessons learned

“…In a pilot study, Jenkins and colleagues reported students identified overtly rude behaviors among their peers, such as eye-rolling, snickering, and talking while others were speaking [3] . Students have also described an atmosphere of academic competition in which peers refused to help others study and intentionally provided them with erroneous information [14] .…”

“…Incivility is a significant problem in clinical settings as well; students have reported being ignored and treated unfairly by hospital nurses [15] . Nurse educators have developed interventions to reduce incivility among nursing students, including posting codes of conduct, clarifying behavioral expectations in classroom and clinical settings, and role modeling [3,4,12] . However, only two studies were found describing journal clubs as a means to encourage civility [3,4] .…”

“…Journal clubs may involve discussion of the literature, speaker presentations, or a combination of the two [3,18] ; they may occur face to face, on-line, or via teleconferencing [18] . We used a journal club intervention, which combined class discussions, speaker presentations, and active learning strategies to raise student awareness and effect positive behavioral change.…”

“…Therefore, civility is crucial to positive outcomes for nurses and patients [2] . Civility is foundational to nursing practice, and involves mutual respect, caring, relationship building, and collaboration [1][2][3][4] .…”