Horizontal violence in the workplace

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I am doing a project with another nurse on addressing horizontal violence among colleagues from PCTs, PCAs, doctors, HUCs, etc. and I have found some really great articles to address this but I am lacking how to formulate a great survey that would facilitate honest responses from my unit. Can you all suggest some good questions that would get the most information out of people, of course, its anonymous.

The generic definition of horizontal violence is negative interactions/behaviors between your colleagues.

Thanks so much!!

Are you familiar with a "culture survey"? This questionnaire would point you to some of the types of questions you might be interested in asking. If your system already performs this (usually every other year), you might want to hone in on a filter from a few of the more negative responses-deeper dive.

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