en Nursing Orginal research <span style="line-height:2;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span calibri=""><span style="color:#2980b9;"><b><i><span new="" roman="" times="">Background:</span></i></b></span> <span new="" roman="" times="">Incivility is an indicator of the shortfalls of nursing education. As a universal goal, academic education promotes civility and respect among scholars, working professionals, and citizens. </span></span></span><br> <span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span calibri=""><span style="color:#2980b9;"><b><i><span new="" roman="" times="">Objectives:</span></i></b><b> </b></span><span new="" roman="" times="">This study aimed to explore the student&rsquo;s perception of higher education incivility and the solutions for reducing or managing it.</span></span></span><br> <span new="" roman="" times=""><span style="color:#2980b9;"><b><i>Methods:</i></b> </span><span style="color:black">This descriptive‑qualitative study was conducted in the nursing school of five Iranian medical universities from December 2022 to June 2023. Focus group was used to collect data. A total of 10 group discussions were conducted with 22 PhD nursing students (two discussions in each university). Data were analyzed in MAXQDA V.18 software using conventional content analysis approach.</span></span><br> <span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span calibri=""><span style="color:#2980b9;"><b><i><span new="" roman="" times="">Results:</span></i></b></span><span new="" roman="" times=""> After encoding and classifying the data, three main categories were identified: &quot;making a civil environment&quot;, &quot;incivility cycle breaking&quot;, and &quot;building an academic civil culture&quot;.</span></span></span><br> <span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span calibri=""><span style="color:#2980b9;"><b><i><span new="" roman="" times="">Conclusion:</span></i></b></span><i> </i><span new="" roman="" times="">Ethical behaviors included a need for awareness, education, and identification of incivility and organizational standards, policies, and a commitment from all levels of administration to address incivility behaviors. It is important to provide students with opportunities to reflect on their own and others&rsquo; behaviors to be more aware and adhere to professional values as part of human growth.</span></span></span></span></span></span> Incivility, Higher Education, Nursing Students, Content Analysis 22 31 http://nmcjournal.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-171-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Mansoureh Sepehrinia m.sepehrinea@zums.ac.ir 100319475328460013778 100319475328460013778 No Department of Pediatric Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran Mahboubeh Shali mehraneshali@yahoo.com 100319475328460013779 100319475328460013779 No Department of Critical Care Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Atefeh Vaezi vaeziatefeh@zums.ac.ir 100319475328460013780 100319475328460013780 Yes Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran