Nurse bullying: organizational considerations in the maintenance and perpetration of health care bullying cultures

Abstract

The overall findings from the research point strongly to bullying activity being essentially 'learned behaviour' within the workplace rather than any predominantly psychological deficit within individual perpetrators and targets.

Turkish nursing students’ perceptions and experiences of bullying behavior in nursing education

“…Nursing staff and management need to be educated about bullying what bullying behaviors look like and how to deal with bullying. By raising awareness about the issue, healthcare staff may become less tolerant of this negative behavior [27,32] .…”

“…Bullying within nursing is primarily intra-professional (i.e. between nurse and nurse) and horizontal violence is common in nursing and the victims are especially the younger students and student nurses [26][27][28] . It is proposed that external pressures are often held responsible, such as health care workers' requirement to find a scapegoat for errors as a reason for the existence of bullying behavior towards nursing students [26] .…”

Workplace violence experienced by nursing students: A UK survey

“…Student nurses and new graduates entering the workforce are particularly vulnerable and at high risk as they are often younger, less experienced and less aware of cultural norms and care (Lewis 2006). They do not have a well-defined and approved social role, a salary, a career and a stable bond with a specific type of nursing work.…”

198 Nurses’ attitudes and reactions to workplace violence in obstetrics and gynaecology departments in Cairo hospitals

“…Such abusive behaviour contributes to the high rates of nurse burn-out [10]. Several factors are reported to be associated with an increased risk of violence at the workplace, both at the individual and organizational level, such as such as younger age [11], medical department [12] and understaffing [13,14].…”