Bullying in Nursing Education: A Critical Evaluation of Two Research Studies

Evidence based practice
EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE
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Introduction
 Bullying in the educational environment is a
grave challenge, and a very important issue
 Many nursing students drop out due to excessive
bullying and lack of support
 This adds to the staffing shortage and lack of
competence (Wright and Khatri 2015)
 It is crucial to investigate the bullying scenario
and explore the core of the issues so that it can
be adequately addressed
 The assignment attempted to discuss the two
research evidence, one with a qualitative
research design and the other with a
quantitative research design to critically
evaluate and appraise it thoroughly.

Article 1:
 Hakojärvi, H.R., Salminen, L. and Suhonen, R., 2014. Health care
students' personal experiences and coping with bullying in clinical
training. Nurse education today, 34(1), pp.138-144.

Research question and design,
Measurement issue and evaluation
of validity, authenticity and
reliability,
Research question and design:
 Simple and structured questions
 Aims and objectives clear and succinct
 Justification for the chosen topic
adequately given (Hakojärvi, Salminen
and Suhonen 2014)
 focused both on the experience and the
coping strategies of the students as well
 attempting to provide novel insight on a
very grave issue
 Research design adequate and
appropriate
 Qualitative design apt for capture true
emotions and perceptions (Marczyk,
DeMatteo and Festinger 2017)
Measurement issue and evaluation of
validity, authenticity and reliability:
 Semi structured questionnaire had 6 questions in
total and each represent one outcome measure
for the study
 Manifestation of bullying in clinical training and
Coping with the bullying experience represent
two segments of the questionnaire
 Outcome measures relate effectively to the
primary aims and research questions posed
 Details on exact outcome measures missing or
not illustrated (Hakojärvi, Salminen and Suhonen
2014)