The Effect of a Learning Strategy on Nurse Students Civility Behavior

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Professor of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing-Ain Shams University-Cairo-Egypt.

2 Assistant Professor of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing-Ain Shams University-CairoEgypt.

Abstract

Background: Various learning strategies can enhance nurse students’ communication and social 
skills improve civil behavior the aim: This study aims at investigate the effect of a learning strategy on 
nurse students’ civility behavior. Design: one group pretest-posttest was used in carrying out this study.
Subjects The subjects consisted of (200) nurse students. Tools of data collection: two tools were used for 
collecting data, namely first tool, Knowledge questionnaire sheet pre/post-test .Second tool: Incivility in 
Nursing Education survey. Result: The main results of the study revealed that: slightly more than two fifth 
of nurse students had un satisfactory knowledge regarding civility before dimensions in preprogram phase, 
while all nurse students had satisfaction knowledge in post phase and slightly decline at follow up phase 
with highly statistically significant improvement with all the phases of intervention.. Majority of nurse 
students had low total perception level at preprogram phase while four fifth of them had high perception at 
post phase and three quarter of them had high perception level after three months of training intervention 
with highly statistically significant improvement in total perception level with all the phases of intervention. 
Improvement in total nurse students’ civility perception during post and follow up phases as compared with 
preprogram phase. Conclusion: There was highly statistically significant improvement in total nurse 
students of civility behavior after implementation of a learning strategy. This supported the study hypothesis 
which stated, nurse students civility behavior will be improved after implementing the training intervention. 
Recommendations: Continuous training programs or sessions must emphasize on all aspects of nursing 
civility dimensions. Teaching staff have to enhance student empowerment which may lead students to 
have increased self-esteem, motivation and become more self-directed. Applied program for all newly 
nurse students for knowing about civility behavior.

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