Incivility Behavior and Engagement among Technical and Health Institute Nursing Students at the Classroom

Abstract

Background:

Incivility behaviors are the main source of dissatisfaction and frustration to keen learner students. Therefore, it is important to strength the interactions between the students and their nursing lecturers to increase civil culture on the university. Aim: The study aims to determine the relationship between incivility behavior among nursing students and their engagement at class room. Methods: Descriptive correlational comparative design used. The study involved 590 nursing students who enrolled in second year at both nursing technical institute which follow Mansoura University and Health Institute which follow Ministry of Health at Mansoura city. Three tools used for data collection: First: The Incivility in Nursing Education - Revised (INE-R) tool to assess student’s perception about incivility.  Second: Ways of Coping (Revised) Questionnaire. Third: The Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) tool to assess engagement in the classroom. Results: University technical institute students expose to incivility behavior more than heath technical institute students (40.11±11.13, 36.52 ±7.09) respectively. Copying strategies used by nursing students at   health technical institute and university technical institute were moderate (60.4%, 48.7%) respectively. The student nurses low incivility at health technical institute than at university technical institute (93.2%, 79.4%) respectively. There were highly significant differences (P?0.01). The student nurses   moderate   engagement at both university technical institute and health technical institute (43.9%, 40.7%) respectively. There were highly significant differences (P?0.01). Conclusion: Majority of student nurses at technical institute and health institute were low incivility. Also About half of student nurses at university and health were high engagement. There is negative strong correlation between incivility and engagement in both setting. Recommendation: Optimal strategies to prevent and manage the incivility among   nursing student and encourage their engagement at classroom.