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ReviewJournal of clinical nursing2023

A peek behind the curtain: An integrative review of sexual harassment of nursing students on clinical placement.

Ella Smith, Janice Gullick, Dawn Perez, Rochelle Einboden

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Review in Journal of clinical nursing, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
7.1field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Ella SmithSusan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9351-5676
Janice GullickSusan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9878-5533
Dawn PerezSusan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.
Rochelle EinbodenSusan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9541-899X
The University of Sydney · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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objectivesThis integrative review aimed at systematically searching, analysing and synthesising multiple sources of evidence, to build a temporal understanding of nursing students' experiences of sexual harassment whilst on clinical placement, and to discuss the social context which enables this.

backgroundSexual harassment is highly prevalent in workplaces globally. Contemporary social understandings contextualise sexual harassment as a significant form of interpersonal violence. This is the first literature review to go beyond prevalence to synthesise the experience, implications and responses to sexual harassment encountered by student nurses on clinical placement.

designWhittemore and Knafl's (2005) integrative review methodology is used to structure a rigorous analysis and synthesis of evidence.

methodsThe PRISMA checklist supported sound reporting of the search strategy. Three databases (CINAHL, Scopus and Medline) were searched using a Boolean strategy. Papers with a significant focus on sexual harassment of nursing students in the clinical setting were included with no limitation on publication date. Papers were excluded if they were not published in English or were only published as abstracts.

resultsA synthesis of 26 papers demonstrated that sexual harassment has significant impacts on student nurses and the nursing profession. The intimacy of close body care, dominant social perceptions of nursing as women's work and the sexualisation of nurses increase student vulnerability to sexual harassment. Workplace power imbalances further exacerbate sexual harassment and shape responses to incidents.

conclusionsSexual harassment of nursing students is widespread and impacts student well-being and learning. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE: Education is a strong protective factor and should target students, clinicians, clinical facilitators and academics. Attention to workplace culture, and processes that support disclosure and reporting, is also required to meaningfully address the sexual harassment of nursing students.

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Education, Nursing, BaccalaureateSexual HarassmentStudents, NursingDisclosureFemaleHumansLearningclinical placementsnursing studentssexual harassmentworkplace violence

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PMID36514246
PMCPMC10107652
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