The Prevalence of Violence during Clinical Training of the Nursing Students of Hazrat Zeynab Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery in ۲۰۱۵

Background & Objectives: Violence during training in educational centers is considered as an important problem. The nursing students may be the victims of violence during the clinical training. Regarding this, the present study aimed to determine the level of violence during the internship in the nursing students. Materials & Methods: This descriptive study was conducted on the nursing students of Hazrat Zeynab Faculty, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Mazandaran, Iran, in ۲۰۱۵. The data were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire with Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of ۰.۸۸%. The research population corresponded to a group of ۱۳۹ nursing students who were interns at the time of the study. The data analysis was performed using the descriptive and inferential statistics through the SPSS version ۱۶ software. Results: As the results of the present study indicated, the rate of violence exposure during the internship was ۶۴.۹% among the participants. Out of this value, ۱۶.۵%, ۴.۳%, and ۱% of the cases were verbal, non-verbal, and physical violence, respectively. This violence was exerted by the patients (۲۳%), patient’s family members (۲۰.۹%), nurses (۷.۹%), physicians (۲.۲%), hospital staff (۰.۷%), teachers (۴.۳%), and other hospital personnel (۶.۷%). Conclusion: The findings of the present study indicated a high prevalence of violence against the nursing students during training. General education and training of the nursing personnel in the field of violence is recommended to reduce the violence against the nursing students.