Citation

Arnetz JE, Fitzpatrick L, Cotten SR, Jodoin C, Chang CD. Violence Vict. 2019; 34(2): 346-362.

Affiliation

Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Springer Publishing)

DOI

10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-17-00211

PMID

31019016

Abstract

Workplace bullying is endemic to the nursing profession and it threatens nurses' health and ability to work safely. However, effective interventions to prevent workplace bullying are lacking. A sample of hospital nurses (n = 15) explored experiences of bullying and ideas for intervention via four focus groups in 2016. Four main themes emerged from the qualitative content analysis: (a) characteristics that define bullying behavior; (b) facilitators of bullying; (c) consequences of bullying; and (d) possible interventions. Although personal characteristics played a role, bullying was primarily facilitated by workplace and organizational factors that hindered the establishment of collegiality and team trust among nurses.

FINDINGS have informed a conceptual model for prevention of nurse-to-nurse bullying with ethical leadership and communication, trust, and social cohesion in work teams as key elements.

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Language: en

Keywords

focus groups; horizontal violence; lateral violence; mobbing