Student consumerism and incivility are both social issues that are emerging in the nursing field. Both of these topics are important to the future of nursing for faculty and students alike. They affect learning in the classroom, on the clinical site and the future workplace.
Let’s examine student consumerism. Nesrin Gokcen addressed the rise of student consumerism and how it has affected nursing education. Gokcen determined that students “make demands on instructors that require controversial alterations of teaching techniques, expect to be amused in class, and do not want to receive negative feedback, or have to put forth too much effort” (2014, p.940). This is a problem, as the instructor already faces challenges in reaching a diverse student …show more content…
There were common factors addressed such as stress, attitudes of entitlement as well as how nursing faculty responded to incivility (Natajan, Muliira, & van der Colff, 2017). These particular factors increase the rate of incivility among nursing students.
As for faculty, students make claims of poor communication, inequality, favoritism, stressful settings, and authority failure to address incivility among nursing students (Altmiller, 2012). These are valid concerns. The important thing to battle incivility is the instructor and how they handle these situations.
I find that these issues are applicable to today’s education system, in nursing, and other fields as well. First, student consumerism, where the student is in a relationship with an institution paying for services, leads them to believe they are entitled to what they paid for. Essentially, the student believes that them paying for it entitles them to be able to call the …show more content…
More than 50% of students have witnessed blatant challenges to faculty knowledge and credibility (Robertson, 2012). This is an example of disrespectful behavior, and interferes with classroom learning, and even clinical learning. Robertson argues that students should be learning from their experiences, not defying instructors (2012). This defiance is an interference because the instructor is taken off topic, either to explain, or defend themselves, while other students learning environment has been
Let’s examine student consumerism. Nesrin Gokcen addressed the rise of student consumerism and how it has affected nursing education. Gokcen determined that students “make demands on instructors that require controversial alterations of teaching techniques, expect to be amused in class, and do not want to receive negative feedback, or have to put forth too much effort” (2014, p.940). This is a problem, as the instructor already faces challenges in reaching a diverse student …show more content…
There were common factors addressed such as stress, attitudes of entitlement as well as how nursing faculty responded to incivility (Natajan, Muliira, & van der Colff, 2017). These particular factors increase the rate of incivility among nursing students.
As for faculty, students make claims of poor communication, inequality, favoritism, stressful settings, and authority failure to address incivility among nursing students (Altmiller, 2012). These are valid concerns. The important thing to battle incivility is the instructor and how they handle these situations.
I find that these issues are applicable to today’s education system, in nursing, and other fields as well. First, student consumerism, where the student is in a relationship with an institution paying for services, leads them to believe they are entitled to what they paid for. Essentially, the student believes that them paying for it entitles them to be able to call the …show more content…
More than 50% of students have witnessed blatant challenges to faculty knowledge and credibility (Robertson, 2012). This is an example of disrespectful behavior, and interferes with classroom learning, and even clinical learning. Robertson argues that students should be learning from their experiences, not defying instructors (2012). This defiance is an interference because the instructor is taken off topic, either to explain, or defend themselves, while other students learning environment has been