Background: Civility behavior in classroom; Can inspire perceptions of warmth
and competence, improves interpersonal relationships, productivity, Overcomes negative
conflict, bullying and violence, Avoids hostile work (and academic) environments,
influences whether people will trust, build relationships and support, improves customer
service in the workplace, help and prepare maternity nursing students for academic and
professional success. Aim: To evaluate the effect of developed civility behavior guideline
among maternity nursing students at classroom and practical engagement. Design: A
quasi-experimental study design was used. Setting: the study was conducted at Technical
Institute for Nursing, Sayed Galal University Hospital, Al- Azhar University. Sample: A
purposive sample was used to recruit 60 female maternity nursing students in the third
year equal 28 and fourth year equal 32. Data collection: 1) Interviewing questionnaire
and, 2) Attitude rating scale, 3) Student engagement scale. Results: Findings of the
present study showed that more than three quarters of the studied student (76.7%) had
poor knowledge regarding civility behavior pre intervention compared with two thirds of
them (63.3%) had good knowledge post intervention with a highly statistically significant
difference (P<0.000). Moreover, more than three quarters of the studied student (76.7%)
had negative attitude pre intervention compared with most of them (95%) had positive
attitude post intervention with a highly statistically significant difference (P<0.000). Also,
the majority of the studied student (83.3%) had negative behavior pre intervention
compared with most of them (88.3%) had positive behavior post intervention with a
highly statistically significant difference (P<0.000). Finally, there was a positive
correlation between total student's knowledge, total attitude and their behavior regarding
civility guidelines post intervention (P<0.05). Conclusion: The majority of studied sample
have satisfactory level of knowledge, attitude and behavior post intervention.
Recommendations: 1) Application of civility behavior guidelines in maternity nursing
student and also should be included in nursing curriculum. 2) Increase awareness about
civility behavior in classroom & practical area among maternity nursing students. 3)
Future studies should be conducted with a larger sample of students from different
universities and geographical regions.