Student Nurses’ Perception of Bulling Experience and Its Coping Strategies During Clinical Training: A Cross Sectional Study

Background: Bullying remains as a disturbing problem in the nursing career. Nursing students maymeet bullying behavior during clinical practice. Nevertheless nursing students may not be preparedenough to be acquainted with bullying behavior when faced . Aim: To explore student nurses perceptionregarding bulling experience and its coping strategies during clinical training. Subject and Methods:A descriptive cross-sectional design on 106 student nurses at port-said university , Egypt using threetools as follows: the first tool for student’s perceptions assessment sheet regarding bulling experience, the second tool for assessment of students self esteem level while the third tool for student’s copingstrategies methods of bulling. Results: Reflected that there is that there is a statistically significantcorrelation between student’s sociodemographi characteristics and there Rosenberg scale levels of selfesteem only in the item related to If they faced bulling situation, what is the reason of not tellingany person (Ps= 0. .001) . In addition to , revealed that there is a statistically significant correlationbetween student’s socio demographic data and their dealing methods with bulling situation based ona Kobe scale in the item related to gender (Ps= 0.041) and also in student’s thought of leaving thenursing profession and college because of bullying(Ps= 0.004) .Conclusion & Recommendations:Based on study results there are a low feeling of self confident and esteem among student nurses duringclinical practice and there are an underestimated with unfair criticism negatively affecting their abilityto provide care . So, there are needs for implementation of multimedia educational program for studentsregarding corrective actions of bulling situations during clinical training.