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Volume 3 Journal of Nursing Research and Practice Nursing Care Congress 2019
March 11-12, 2019
Nursing and Nursing Care Congress
March 11-12, 2019 Orlando, USA
5th World
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A hermeneutic phenomenological study of horizontal violence in nursing education
Maria Sparmer
Porter and Chester Institute, USA
The purpose of this qualitative hermeneutic phenomenological study was to describe the perceptions and experiences of practicing
Registered Nurses (RN) regarding their clinical experience with faculty and Horizontal Violence (HV) during their nursing
education. The problem is HV, a phenomenon in nursing that has increased in frequency and severity, affects learning and the
general well-being of the learner, the nurse, and the patient. Horizontal Violence is compromising nursing’s professional image, nurse
recruitment and retention, and disturbing patient safety and satisfaction rates. Additionally, HV among nurses is a primary destructive
issue affecting the advancement of the nursing profession. The final purposive sample for the study included 10 participants with
varying nursing degrees, employed and living in the United States at the time of the study. Three distinct yet overarching frameworks
were the proper contexts and included Bandura’s social-cognitive theory, Freire’s Critical Pedagogy, and Watson’s theory on Human
Caring. Data were gathered via Survey Monkey from the American Nurses Association LinkedIn group in November 2017. Five
major themes were identified from the data analysis: (a) Lack of individual understanding of HV, (b) Lack of reporting structures
for HV in clinical settings, (c) HV occurred in peer to peer and hierarchical settings, (d) Lack of an institutional policy for HV
recourse, and (e) Deficient teaching on HV. Recommendations for practice included (a) enhancing education on HV for the student,
practicing nurse, management team, and all members within the patient delivery team. Two recommendations for future research
included a quantitative correlation study of theme 1 and a quantitative comparative study of themes 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 to compare HV
operationalized constructs.
Biography
Maria Sparmer is a Registered nurse with over 30-years’ experience in various clinical settings and an educator with over 15 years’ experience in higher education
and the private sector. She did her BSN study at Central Connecticut State University. She has completed her PhD at Northcentral University. She did her MSN at
University of Hartford. She also has a work experience in Three Rivers Community College for more than 5 years. She has worked as a Instructional specialist at
UConn School of Nursing for about 4 years. She has a work experience of being a Professor, Division of Nursing at Greater Hartford Community College for about
10 years. Currently she is working as a Director of Nursing at Porter and Chester Institute in Connecticut.
Maria Sparmer, J Nursing Research and Practice, Volume 3
DOI: 10.4172/2632-251X-C2-005