Kim, MijongKim, TaeimScott-Tilley, DonnaKapusta, AnnAllen, DeniseCho, Ho Soon Michelle2019-08-282019-08-282018-12-20This is the published version of an article that is available at https://doi.org/10.4069/kjwhn.2018.24.4.379. Recommended citation: Kim, M., Kim, T., Tilley, D. S., Kapusta, A., Allen, D., & Cho, H. S. (2018). Nursing students' experience of sexual harassment during clinical practicum: A phenomenological approach. Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing, 24(4), 379. This item has been deposited in accordance with publisher copyright and licensing terms and with the author’s permission.https://doi.org/10.4069/kjwhn.2018.24.4.379https://hdl.handle.net/11274/11777Article originally published in Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing, 24(4), 379. English. Published online 2018. https://doi.org/10.4069/kjwhn.2018.24.4.379PURPOSE: To describe nursing students' experience of sexual harassment during clinical practicum.METHODS: An interpretive phenomenological qualitative approach was used to understand contextual experiences of participants. Individual in-depth interviews were conducted to collect data from thirteen nursing students who experienced sexual harassment during clinical practice in general hospitals at D metropolitan city. All interviews were recorded and transcribed into Korean and English. Transcripts were analyzed using the data analysis method described by Diekelmann, Allen, and Tanner.RESULTS: The following 12 themes emerged from the data: ‘unprepared to respond’, ‘lack of education’, ‘unsure about when behavior crosses the line’, ‘power differential for nursing students’, ‘balancing self-preservation with obligations to patients’, ‘shame’, ‘feeling responsible for not being able to prevent the harassment’, ‘impact on patient care’, ‘fear of what might have happened’, ‘fear of repercussions’, ‘long term impact’, and ‘peer support’.CONCLUSION: Participants in this study described feeling an obligation to care for their patients. However, they seemed to be unable to balance this while feeling vulnerable to sexual harassment with strong negative feelings. Helping students recognize and effectively deal with sexual harassment is a critical element to assure quality learning for participants and maintain quality of care during clinical practice.en-USSexual harassmentNursingStudentsQualitative researchArticleCC BY-NC