Enhancing Understanding of Intimate Partner Violence Among Undergraduate Nursing Students

Intimate partner violence (IPV) has a 1 in 4 prevalence for women globally. Nursing programs are positioned to prepare students to address IPV screening and brief counselling policy recommendations within curricula. The purpose of this project was to refine the undergraduate nursing curriculum to better facilitate student comfort with and knowledge of IPV screening and intervention using simulation. Methods: We used a 4-item pre/posttest tool to evaluate nursing students’ comfort level with IPV screening and safety planning before and after an IPV simulation with a standardized patient as part of the formative assessment of the simulation. Results: Close to 80% of students (N = 133) reported feeling more comfortable with discussing IPV, screening for IPV, talking to people about IPV, and safety planning after completing the IPV simulation. Conclusion: Infusing IPV screening and intervention simulation into curricula gives students a hands-on opportunity to practice critical trauma-informed skills before encountering a patient exposed to violence. This exposure enhances student comfort with and increases knowledge of screening and intervening with families exposed to IPV and as a result may help to decrease known barriers to IPV screening and intervening post licensure.

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Preparation of Australian and Spanish nursing students for intimate partner violence

Journal of Nursing Education and Practice ◽

10.5430/jnep.v6n12p131 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 6 (12) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Don Gorman ◽

Assumpta Rigol Cuadra ◽

Maria Honrubia Perez ◽

Isabel Sanchez Zaplana ◽

Dolors Rodriguez Martín ◽

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Keyword(s):

Intimate Partner Violence ◽

Nursing Students ◽

Partner Violence ◽

Intimate Partner

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Intimate partner violence screening intention instrument for Thai nursing students: A principal component analysis

Journal of Clinical Nursing ◽

10.1111/jocn.15515 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 29 (23-24) ◽

pp. 4748-4758

Author(s):

Tipparat Udmuangpia ◽

Mansoo Yu ◽

Tina Bloom

Keyword(s):

Principal Component Analysis ◽

Intimate Partner Violence ◽

Nursing Students ◽

Partner Violence ◽

Principal Component ◽

Component Analysis ◽

Intimate Partner ◽

Intimate Partner Violence Screening ◽

Screening Intention

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Burden of Intimate Partner Violence among Nurses and Nursing Students in a Tertiary Hospital in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria

SAGE Open Nursing ◽

10.1177/23779608211052356 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 ◽

pp. 237796082110523

Author(s):

Chidebe Christian Anikwe ◽

Osita Samuel Umeononihu ◽

Ifeyinwa Helen Anikwe ◽

Cyril Chijioke Ikeoha ◽

George U. Eleje ◽

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Keyword(s):

Intimate Partner Violence ◽

Nursing Students ◽

Teaching Hospital ◽

Partner Violence ◽

Male Partner ◽

Study Groups ◽

Intimate Partner ◽

P Value ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Tertiary Teaching

Introduction Nurses are the largest healthcare workforce and are not immune to intimate partner violence (IPV) and its consequences. Objective This study is aimed at determining the prevalence, types of IPV, and its determinants among female nurses and nursing students in a tertiary teaching hospital in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Methods This cross-sectional study was done in a teaching hospital in Abakaliki between 1st March 2018 and 31st May 2018 to evaluate the prevalence of IPV in the past 12 months among 460 female nursing students and 460 nurses in the facility. Data were obtained with a structured questionnaire and a Composite Abuse Scale. The data were analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics version 20 and represented using frequency table, percentages, and odds ratios. The level of significance is at P-value < 0.05. Results The prevalence of IPV was 48.2% for the nursing student and 58.7% for the nurses. The most common form of IPV among nursing students was Emotional and/or Harassment abuse (27.1%) while it was Severe combined abuse (23.9%) among the nurses. The significant determinants of IPV among nursing students were age [OR = 0.61(95%CI0.41-0.92)] and year of study [OR = 0.67 (95%CI 0.51–0.89)]. Male partner being unemployed was associated with increased odds of a female partner experiencing violence. Nurses’ marital status and being in the low socioeconomic class were associated with increased odds of a nurse witnessing IPV. Conclusion The prevalence of IPV in the studied group is unacceptably high. Efforts are therefore needed to prevent IPV in the study groups. Health care managers in the study area should make policies to support nurses/nursing students who have experienced IPV.

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