title: Teaching nursing students and newly registered nurses strategies to deal with violent behaviors in the professional practice environment.
abstract: Direct and indirect violent behaviors toward nursing students and newly registered nurses must be eliminated. Nursing students and newly registered nurses are particularly vulnerable to acts of violence. The article discusses the effect of violence on students and newly registered nurses, the role of the continuing education nurse in eliminating violence, examples of aggressive situations, and strategies to educate and support students and new nurses and empower them to eliminate violence directed toward them. Strategies include confrontation tips, implementation of violence-free contracts, participation in role-play activities, adoption of a professional communication technique, reflection journaling and cognitive recognition, promotion of carefronting, introduction of dialogue through the World Café, and use of nurse preceptors, practice partnerships, residency programs.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47306, USA.
authors.forename: Cynthia M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Thomas
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology*; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology*