Workplace Violence Among UK Nursing Students

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Advanced Critical Thinking
The article titled “Workplace violence experienced by nursing students: A UK survey”
was written by Tee, Özçetin, and Russell-Westhead (2016), to appreciate the scope and nature of
the workplace violence among the UK students during their placement program and strategies
that need to be initiated by the universities in curbing the impact. The title of the article is clear,
unambiguous and accurate. However, the title does not cover the entire purpose of the survey.
Management of the impact cannot be traced within the title.
The abstract provides a clear overview of the research as it encompasses the aims,
background, design, findings and conclusions made in the research. Such aspects have been
emphasized by Schneide, Lichtenberger, Mather and Kaufman (2018) while documenting the
essentials of report writing. Additionally, the abstract clearly states the research problem as it
expresses stress and negative impact on future career development among the student as
fundamental problems circumnavigating workplace violence (Tee, Özçetin, and Russell-
Westhead, 2016; Carter, et, al., 2013). The abstract also clearly states the sample population as
657 participants, which is a reliable number upon which conclusions can be drawn. Acccording
to Dombrowski (2015), the abstract of a report should state the sample population which is
optimal enough to draw conclusions. The participants were also relevant in informing the
findings in the research as they were university students. However, it would be naïve to base on
the assumption that the findings are relevant because of involving students as the authors
employed an internet survey strategy which does not provide a criterion for assessing that the
students who participated had undergone a placement program thus compete to provide reliable
data. Therefore, the findings in the research are relevant based on a certain degree of doubt
following the assumption that all the participants were students who have undergone a placement

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program. Furthermore, there existed a huge gender bias in the sample population. The sample
population should be a fair representation of the entire population (Pyrczak, 2016). Most of the
respondents were ladies (88.3%) (Tee, Özçetin, and Russell-Westhead, 2016). It is clear that the
rate of bullying among women is not the same as that in men thus such research should empress
equality in the sample population in order to get a clear scope and nature of the workplace
violence. Most importantly, the abstract provides recommendations which suggest a
collaborative approach between the universities and clinical providers in the management of
workplace violence among the students.
The article has an introduction which is clear intensively explore the definition of key
terms with respect to the topic. However, the introduction is adequately referenced, which is a
breach of the terms and conditions of report writing (Stichler, 2014). The article lacks a literature
review which a necessity for a good research (Neuman, & Robson, 2014). However, the views of
diverse authors, as presented in different pieces of literature on the topic, have been fully
included ethically referenced in the introduction and background sections of the article. The
study uses a survey strategy which is relevant as it is an objective method of data collection
(Schoenherr, Ellram, and Tate, 2015; McPeake, Bateson, and O’Neill, 2014). The research method
has been clearly defined and explained. However, the authors do not present the reasons for
choosing a survey against other methods of research as a necessity in report writing (Beck,
2009). The philosophical underpinnings of the approach have been adequately explored. For
instance, the article states that the approach was tested and approved by Hewett in 2010. Data
analysis involved coding of the information and analysis using a computer-based data
management system. After then, the information was exported to an SSPSS 21 statistical
software before making use of percentages and figures in the presentations depending on data