An exploration of the workplace bullying experience: coping strategies used by nurses.
This qualitative descriptive study explored nurses' experience of being bullied and examined their coping strategies. A purposive sample of 18 registered nurses who self-identified as being targets of bullying behavior was used. The authors found that nurses used a variety of coping strategies. An understanding of these strategies can assist staff development educators to develop interventions to eliminate this pervasive problem.
Shellie Simons, PhD, RN, is Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts Lowell. Penny Sauer, PhD, RN, CNE, CCRN, is Doctoral Student, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D058445:Bullying / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D036301:Qualitative Research