title: Exploring workplace bullying in nursing.
abstract: Bullying in the nursing workplace has been identified as a factor that affects patient outcomes and increases occupational stress and staff turnover. The purpose of this project was to assess registered nurses' perceived exposure to workplace bullying. A convenience sample of a Pacific Northwest state professional nurses' association membership was solicited for this descriptive study using the Negative Acts Questionnaire-Revised (NAQ-R). Forty-eight percent of respondents admitted to being bullied in the workplace during the previous 6 months, with respondents choosing "being ignored or excluded" as the most common negative experience in the workplace. The results of this study suggest that workplace bullying remains a problem for which reduction strategies must be devised as a means of retaining nurses and preventing adverse outcomes. One strategy shown to be effective in curbing bullying is assertiveness and aggression training for nurses.
authors.forename: Emerald
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Etienne
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D058445:Bullying / Q000523:psychology*; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000523:psychology*; D009785:Occupational Health Nursing / Q000379:methods*