Abstract
BackgroundIncivility continues to impact nursing education, necessitating continued exploration of incivility experiences, causes, and interventions. PurposeThis study examined relationships between nurse educators’ reflections on their own and peers’ civility-related behaviors. MethodNurse educators (n = 82) at 20 Midwestern prelicensure nursing programs completed an online survey utilizing the Clark Workplace Civility Index ©, followed by reflective Likert-style and demographic questions. FindingsParticipants scored their own civility behaviors higher (M = 82.59) than peers’ (M = 73.5) (t = 8.911, p = 0.000). With implementation of civility interventions in the nursing program, self (t = 2.7, p = 0.007) and peer (t = 4.0, p = 0.000) scores were higher compared to programs without. Over one-third (34.1%) of participants were neutral or disagreed that nursing education is a civil profession. DiscussionOngoing efforts toward civil environments are needed in nursing education.
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