Bullying of Staff Registered Nurses in the Workplace: A Preliminary Study for Developing Personal and Organizational Strategies for the Transformation of Hostile to Healthy Workplace Environments

Journal of Professional Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 299-306

  Vessey, Judith A ^a   DeMarco, Rosanna F ^a   Gaffney, Donna A ^b   Budin, Wendy C ^c  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Trauma Training Center   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bullying; Communication; Harassment; Horizontal violence; Nursing; Online survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 69949136130     PISSN: 87557223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2009.01.022     Document Type: Article

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