Bullying at Work - What is your experience?

[compassionresearcher]

Dear Allnurses community and Fellow Nurses,

Update: Very close to ending data collection. Thank you for your participation!

I still need about 5 more responses. Please share on FB, Twitter, and whatever social media you use. It's open to any RN who has experienced bullying in the last 30 days, from any part of the world. I'd love to see this go viral so we can help make the workplace healthier for all nurses and their patients.

Thanks again!

I am conducting a research study as part of my doctoral program dissertation, and I need your help. Please share.

This study will be looking at the relationship between workplace mistreatment and nurses' ability to care for patients.

If you have experienced incivility, horizontal violence, or workplace bullying from any hospital employees (nurses, physicians, administration etc.) you may be qualified to participate.

This study is for registered nurses who:

• work in direct patient care.
  
• are employed in a hospital environment.
  
• are able to read and write English.
  
• have experienced workplace mistreatment in the last 30 days.
  

***Advanced practice nurses are excluded from this current study. ***

You can access the survey questionnaires by clicking this link:

Exploring the Relationship between Workplace Mistreatment and Nurses' Ability to Provide Quality Patient Care Survey

It will take about 25-35 minutes to complete the survey.

You will not be asked to include any identifying information.

Please forward to anybody you think may qualify for this study.

Thank you.

Researchers: Christine Moffa, MS, RN and Patricia Liehr, Ph.D., RN

Contact: [email protected] or cell phone: [phone]

[compassionresearcher]

Thank you!

[KarenPhD-RN]

Important topic. Will share.

[compassionresearcher]

Thank you!

[elkpark]

And you're not interested in the hordes of us who don't feel we've ever been bullied at work? That's a pretty skewed sample, isn't it?

[Rob404]

Workplace bullying is definitely an important topic of discussion. New nurses are sometimes bullied by senior nurses and ultimately scared off the unit. This tactic is often used to see how strong the new nurse is or how much they can handle but it can be harmful to self-esteem.

[SmilingBluEyes]

Workplace bullying is definitely an important topic of discussion. New nurses are sometimes bullied by senior nurses and ultimately scared off the unit. This tactic is often used to see how strong the new nurse is or how much they can handle but it can be harmful to self-esteem.

And, interesting, I have seen the opposite. Bullying by the young toward the older nurse and they completely get away with it, because, you know, the older nurse is ALWAYS the bully.

[compassionresearcher]

And you're not interested in the hordes of us who don't feel we've ever been bullied at work? That's a pretty skewed sample, isn't it?

It's not that I'm not interested in those who feel they've never been bullied, but for this study I am looking at people with a bullying experience and how it related to patient care. I suppose another study could look for people not experiencing a phenomenon but I'm not sure how to ask those questions. "Tell me about the time nothing happened to you" just seems very broad.

[compassionresearcher]

And, interesting, I have seen the opposite. Bullying by the young toward the older nurse and they completely get away with it, because, you know, the older nurse is ALWAYS the bully.

When I speak to nurses about this topic I have definitely heard from experienced nurses that they have been bullied by new staff. This study is for all levels of experinece, age, specialty etc.

[elkpark]

It's not that I'm not interested in those who feel they've never been bullied, but for this study I am looking at people with a bullying experience and how it related to patient care. I suppose another study could look for people not experiencing a phenomenon but I'm not sure how to ask those questions. "Tell me about the time nothing happened to you" just seems very broad.

I would think there would be some interest in the rate/frequency of bullying within nursing and that that would have some relevance to the discussion, but, I guess not.

[ACNPmomof2, BSN, MSN, RN, APRN, NP]

And, interesting, I have seen the opposite. Bullying by the young toward the older nurse and they completely get away with it, because, you know, the older nurse is ALWAYS the bully.

Oh man I could tell you some stories!!! I'm not an "older" nurse but mid career. Orienting a new grad to the cath lab. Of course I didn't know anything and she knew everything.

First time the patient went into vtach I thought she was going to pee her pants. It was excellent. She was a bit more receptive to my instruction after that.

[Been there,done that, ASN, RN]

Interesting thesis.

It takes a long time to recognize incivility, horizontal violence, or workplace bullying from any hospital employees.

30 days ?

I was a victim of lateral violence. Took me months to recognize it.

[compassionresearcher]

Interesting thesis.

It takes a long time to recognize incivility, horizontal violence, or workplace bullying from any hospital employees.

30 days ?

I was a victim of lateral violence. Took me months to recognize it.

Thank you for your comment! There are items in the survey that ask the subject to recall specifics about the incident. We didn't want to go so far back in time that there would be questions on how well they actually remembered what happened, so there is the 30 day limit. That would be for the most recent incident the individual experienced. Of course, a limitation to any work like this is that we are relying on the memory of the individual who perceived the events through their own filter.