The effects of bullying behaviours among nursing students in Sierra Leone: a qualitative exploratory study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Bullying can have profound negative effects on nursing students who often contend with psychological trauma because of repeated acts of mistreatment. This study was done to explore the effects of bullying behaviours among nursing students with above average and below average academic performance in two nursing schools in Sierra Leone.

Methods

A qualitative exploratory study involved six rounds of data collection and analysis over a one month period. 48 nursing students recruited from Njala University School of Nursing and Mattru School of Nursing participated in semi structured interviews. Recruitment was done using a purposive sampling method and students with higher than average and lower than average Grade point average (GPA) were selected to participate in the

SUBMITTER: Johnson JO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11667799 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature