Co-creating a Culture of Civility and Community in Academic Nursing
Academic nurse leaders play a pivotal role in fostering civility and co-creating healthy work and learning environments. The dynamics of academic incivility are complicated, complex, and multidirectional including, but not limited to, uncivil experiences occurring between and among faculty, students, preceptors, administrators, staff nurses, and other healthcare professionals. Left unaddressed, incivility and other disruptive behaviors can become embedded in the organizational culture and have a direct impact on employees as well as students and patients served by the organization. Further, incivility is associated with increased employee turnover, poor productivity, detrimental effects on the health, well-being, and job satisfaction of nurses, and serious financial loss of the healthcare system. The stakes are even higher in healthcare settings where uncivil encounters can result in life threatening mistakes, preventable complications, and harm to or even death of a patient.
At the end of this module, you will be able to:
- Define civility, incivility, and other forms of workplace aggression.
- Describe the impact of incivility on individuals, teams, organizations, and patient care.
- Examine individual and organizational competencies to build healthy work environments using the Pathway for Fostering Organizational Civility漏.
Author:
Cynthia Clark, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN
Leadership Development Modules
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Author: Cynthia Clark, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN
Dr. Cynthia Clark is Founder of , Professor Emeritus at Boise State University and an award-winning professor, scholar, and author. As a nurse/therapist, she specialized in adolescent mental health, substance abuse recovery, and suicide and violence prevention. For two decades, Dr. Clark taught a variety of nursing courses in her role as a tenured university professor. She is a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, the NLN Academy of Nursing Education, and co-chaired the American Nurses Association Professional Panel on Incivility, Bullying, and Workplace Violence. Her ground-breaking work on fostering civility and healthy work environments has brought national and international attention to the controversial issues of incivility in academic and work environments around the globe.
Her theory-driven interventions, empirical measurements, theoretical models, and reflective assessments provide best practices to prevent, measure, and address uncivil behavior and to create healthy workplaces. She is the recipient of numerous teaching, service, and research awards, Distinguished Visiting Scholar at 12 universities鈥攁nd widely acclaimed for her engaging presentations. Her empirical assessments have been translated into 16 world languages and used by scholars in 32 countries on 5 continents. Dr. Clark鈥檚 most recent book, is a must-read for all health care professionals. The much-anticipated 3rd edition of her book, Creating and Sustaining Civility in Nursing Education: A Faculty Field Guide will be released spring 2025. Dr. Clark is a community builder and an unwavering advocate for a kinder, gentler, and more civil world.
Pricing and Continuing Education
$75.00
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. The entire module and assessment must be completed to earn contact hours. This module is approved for 4 Nursing Continuing Professional Development Hours.