Violence towards nursing and midwifery students during practice placements and perceptions of training requirements.
Healthcare personnel worldwide are exposed to violence and aggression within the workplace. This is despite legislation, policies and guidelines to protect healthcare workers. This violence and aggression also includes healthcare students including nursing and midwifery students. There is limited evidence available regarding the experiences and thoughts of nursing and midwifery students about this phenomenon.
To explore student nurse and midwife experiences of violence when in the placement setting.
A mixed-methods cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted involving preregistration nursing and midwifery students in a university in the UK. The research study was planned and reported based on the CROSS checklist. The survey was distributed to 1681 students and 369 responded, giving a response rate of 22%. There were 364 qualitative responses within the survey. This article reports only on the qualitative comments drawn from two open-ended questions, which were thematically analysed based on Braun and Clarke's six-step process.
Two themes emerged, 'Experiences of sustaining and witnessing violence and aggression' and 'Training, education and measures to prevent violence and aggression'.
It is imperative that students receive the most effective and evidence-based education and training to help to prevent and manage violence and aggression while on their programme. It is also imperative that nursing and midwifery students are aware of the importance of reporting episodes of violence and aggression to ensure that students receive the appropriate support and follow up to prevent and help lessen the emotional impact.
To explore student nurse and midwife experiences of violence when in the placement setting.
A mixed-methods cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted involving preregistration nursing and midwifery students in a university in the UK. The research study was planned and reported based on the CROSS checklist. The survey was distributed to 1681 students and 369 responded, giving a response rate of 22%. There were 364 qualitative responses within the survey. This article reports only on the qualitative comments drawn from two open-ended questions, which were thematically analysed based on Braun and Clarke's six-step process.
Two themes emerged, 'Experiences of sustaining and witnessing violence and aggression' and 'Training, education and measures to prevent violence and aggression'.
It is imperative that students receive the most effective and evidence-based education and training to help to prevent and manage violence and aggression while on their programme. It is also imperative that nursing and midwifery students are aware of the importance of reporting episodes of violence and aggression to ensure that students receive the appropriate support and follow up to prevent and help lessen the emotional impact.