Combating disruptive behaviors: Strategies to promote a healthy work environment

Online Journal of Issues in Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Longo, Joy ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bullying; Conflict; Disruptive behaviors; Eliminating disruptive behaviors; Healthy work environment; Horizontal violence; Job satisfaction; Patient safety; Sentinel alert; Zero tolerance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958003767     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10913734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3912/OJIN.Vol15No01Man05     Document Type: Article

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