A Critical Review: Workplace Violence Experienced by Nursing Students

This report critically analyzes the article "Workplace violence experienced by nursing students: A UK survey" by Tee, Özçetin, and Russell-Westhead (2016), focusing on the scope and nature of workplace violence among UK nursing students during their placement programs. The analysis covers various aspects of the research, including the clarity of the title, the comprehensiveness of the abstract, the relevance of the sample population, and the appropriateness of the research methodology. While the abstract provides a clear overview and states the research problem, there are concerns about gender bias in the sample population and the lack of a criterion for assessing whether participants had undergone a placement program. The introduction lacks adequate referencing, and the absence of a literature review is noted. The survey strategy is considered relevant, but the reasons for choosing it over other methods are not provided. Ethical considerations are addressed, and the findings are presented appropriately, with the conclusion reflecting the research findings and suggesting collaborative strategies for managing workplace violence. The report concludes that the original purpose of the study has been fully addressed and all references have been appropriately referenced and arranged in alphabetical order. Desklib offers similar solved assignments and resources for students.

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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

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collected (Tee, Özçetin, and Russell-Westhead, 2016). This method is appropriate in the analysis
of data (Hjorth, 2017). However, the article does not provide the underlying reason to why the
authors chose on the method against the other data processing techniques. Data saturation was
reached in the study as the figures and percentages obtained can be utilized to present the scope
and nature of workplace violence among the students during the placement period.
The authors of the article do not present how rigour was achieved during the study.
Rigour is a very significant aspect of a research report (Cope, 2014). The author does not even
discuss anything with respect to credibility, goodness, dependability and transferability.
Therefore, it is assumed that no interventions were employed to ensure that the quality of the
research was extremely thorough and careful. In fact, the researchers place the incidence at the
mercy of exaggeration in the discussion section. “the results still suggest an unacceptable
prevalence even if the incidence has been exaggerated.”
It is important for the researchers to consider different ethical aspects when writing a
research report (Connelly, 2014). Ethical considerations have been adequately considered during
the research. For instance, Research Ethics Committees from King’s College London approved
the research (Tee, Özçetin, and Russell-Westhead, 2016). The sample also received an
information sheet with a full description of the nature, scope and purpose of the research. The
entire data was anonymous, and no individually identifiable information like names of
individuals or organizations were requested in the survey.
The findings in the article have been presented appropriately in accordance to the ethics
of report writing (Schneider, Lichtenberger, Mather, and Kaufman, 2018). The researchers have
not only presented the findings in a descriptive form but also tabulated the values and figures in a
table. This table is not only easy to interpret but also provides a good visual impression as a

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necessity in report writing (Neuman, 2016). The information in the findings and results has been
placed in the context of what is already known about the phenomenon. For instance, the largest
percentage of the participants in the results section (42.18%) regarding experience of bullying
feel personally bulled or harassed (Tee, Özçetin, and Russell-Westhead, 2016). A similar
ideology has been emphasized by Lowenstein (2013) and Carte et al., 2013, who present
bullying as a fundamental problem in nursing in the United Kingdom. The original purpose of
the study has been fully addressed as the results tabulated presents the scope and nature of the
bullying and harassment workplace problems among the students during the placement program
in the United Kingdom. The discussion also presents a set of five fundamental strategies in
managing the crisis as intended as the original purpose of the study. Therefore, the original
purpose of the study has been fully addressed.
The conclusion reflects the exact picture of the findings of the research. For instance, the
conclusion brings forth high rate of bullying among the nursing students on placement program
which is a true reflection of the values obtained in the findings. Following the findings of the
research, researchers suggest a collaborative move between the nurse educators and placement
providers in curbing the underlying bullying problem. Finally, all the references in the article
have been appropriately referenced and arranged in alphabetical order.

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