Negative interactions among nurses: An explorative study on lateral violence and bullying in nursing work settings.
J Nurs Manag
; 27(4): 749-757, 2019 May.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Lateral violence and bullying affect nurses' professional and health status. Worldwide prevalence ranges from 1% to 87%.AIM:
To investigate prevalence and risk factors of lateral violence and bullying among Italian nurse peers in different work settings, inside and outside hospitals.METHODS:
Web survey using the 17-item "Negative Interactions Among Nurses Questionnaire." Emails were sent to 5,009 nurses in three Tuscan public health care institutions.RESULTS:
Response rate was 18.6% (n = 930). Twenty-six respondents were removed as they reported working with no peer colleagues. Negative interactions were experienced by 35.8% (n = 324), 42.3% of whom (n = 137) were bullied. Psycho-physical consequences of negative interactions were reported by 59% (n = 191). Victims who thought of leaving nursing were 21.9% (n = 71).CONCLUSIONS:
Lateral violence and bullying among nurses are consistently present in all studied settings. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING MANAGEMENT Nurse managers could play a crucial role in preventing negative interactions among nurses. Strategies could include continuing education programs to promote awareness of this problem; implementation of an anonymous reporting system for bullying; introduction of occupational psychologists in wards with larger numbers of reported negative interactions and bullying; and increasing changes in staff composition within shifts.Palavras-chave
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Bullying
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Relações Interpessoais
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Enfermeiras e Enfermeiros
Tipo de estudo:
Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Article