Bullying among Nursing Students in UiTM Puncak Alam during Clinical Placement

Abstract

Workplace violence among healthcare workers is a well-known issue internationally. This research seeks to identify UiTM nursing students’ experience of bullying during clinical placement. A cross-sectional study was conducted using the questionnaire, Student Experience of Bullying during Clinical Placement (SEBDCP), among 182 nursing students. The finding showed that 25.3% of students were bullied, 37.9% were unsure about it, and the rest never been bullied. Also, the violence mainly came from patients (58.2%). For future suggestions, organisations should emphasise knowledge regarding bullying and develop bullying prevention strategies to minimise the adverse effect of the consequences of bullying on nursing student’s psychological.