Cyberbullying, student nurses' ethical awareness and the Covid-19 pandemic
- Authors
- Kim, Ka Young; Choi, Jeong Sil
- Issue Date
- Nov-2021
- Publisher
- SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
- Keywords
- Cyberbullying; ethics; nursing student
- Citation
- NURSING ETHICS, v.27, no.7-8, pp.1258 - 1268
- Journal Title
- NURSING ETHICS
- Volume
- 27
- Number
- 7-8
- Start Page
- 1258
- End Page
- 1268
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/82857
- DOI
- 10.1177/09697330211010280
- ISSN
- 0969-7330
- Abstract
- Background: The global COVID-19 pandemic has increased cyber communication, causing nursing students’ clinical practice to be held in cyberspace. Thus, it is essential to ensure that nursing students develop comprehensive cyber ethics awareness. Moreover, cyberbullying is becoming more widespread and is an increasingly relevant new concept. Objectives: This study aimed to assess the experiences of cyberbullying among nursing students during clinical practice and determine the effects of cyberbullying victimization and cyber environments on their cyber ethics awareness. Research design: Data for this descriptive cross-sectional study were collected in July 2020 using a self-reported questionnaire and analyzed using hierarchical regression. Participants and research context: The study included data from 291 nursing students with more than 6 months of clinical experience who were enrolled in two nursing universities in two cities in South Korea. Ethical considerations: This study was conducted after obtaining approval from the Institutional Review Board of G University. Written, informed consent was obtained from all participants. Results: Cyberbullying victimization experiences during clinical practice were few. The most common cyberbullies of work- and person-related cyberbullying were nurses and classmates, respectively. Discussion: Cyber ethics awareness was affected by cyber anonymity and the perceived seriousness of cyberbullying; cyberbullying related to clinical practices was a new factor that significantly affected cyber ethics awareness. Conclusions: Hospitals and nursing universities should develop a multi-dimensional, comprehensive, and effective nursing intervention education program to be integrated into the nursing curriculum to enhance cyber ethics awareness and reduce cyberbullying of nursing students. © The Author(s) 2021.
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