Verbal abuse from nurse colleagues and work environment of early career registered nurses

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 308-316

  Budin, Wendy C ^a   Brewer, Carol S ^b   Chao, Ying Yu ^b   Kovner, Christine ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bullying; Disruptive behavior; Early career registered nurses; Verbal abuse; Work environment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BULLYING; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; EARLY CAREER REGISTERED NURSES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL HOSTILITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

BULLYING; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; EARLY CAREER REGISTERED NURSES; VERBAL ABUSE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BULLYING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84883456430     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jnu.12033     Document Type: Article

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