SC 440 WCU Impact of Violence and Harassing in Nursing Workplace Discussion

Please describe the topic you have chosen for the Week 8 PowerPoint presentation and discuss why you feel it is important to nursing and healthcare

Across all occupations, nurses are the most
likely to face workplace bullying.
 Nursing staff morale, personal health, and
self-esteem are all negatively impacted,
significantly impacting nurse recruitment
and retention(Wong et al., 2022).
 The purpose of this presentation to analyze
nurse harassment, incivility their causes
impact, and strategies t violence and
harassments at workplaces
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Harassing entails:
❖Racism,
❖Creed,
❖Religion,
❖Colorism
❖ Sexual orientation,
❖Gender identity,
❖Sex (including pregnancy
and maternity),
❖ Age(40 and over),
❖ Physical or mental
handicap, or genetic
information(Siuta&
Bergman, 2019).
❖Psychological
Harassment
❖Abuse of Power
❖Psychological Harassment
❖Retaliation
❖Online Bullying
Doctors Charge
 nurse
 Supervisors
 Managers
 Other nurses
 Other colleagues
 Patients
 Patient’s families
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incivility is a problem among nursing staff
in hospitals. Incivility is defined as
disrespectful or disruptive behavior
toward another nurse or coworker.
 While not necessarily malicious, this
unethical behavior violates social
conventions and professional workplace
standards.
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Criminal intent
 Customer/ client
 Worker to worker
 Personal relationship(Hacer& Ali, 2020).
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Low self-esteem
 Occupational burnout
 Helplessness
 Poor motivation and concentration
 Depression
 Decreased commitment
 Poor relationships with patients
 Decreased productivity( Itzhaki et
al.,2018).
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Awareness and
prevention trainings
Zero tolerance policy
Counsellors
Less workload
Anonymous hotline
More managers and
leaders(Hacer& Ali,
2020).
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Determine who you want to speak with and why they
should care about your strategy
Prepare for the meeting
Preparation is key.
Specify-Set up a system for submitting your requests.
Show consideration for others.
Keep a strict schedule and remain calm under
pressure.
Don’t go overboard.
Give examples of how your actions have an impact
on the people around you.
Immediately after the meeting, be sure to follow up.
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Hacer, T. Y., & Ali, A. (2020). Burnout in physicians who are exposed to
workplace violence. Journal of forensic and legal medicine, 69, 101874.
Itzhaki, M., Bluvstein, I., Peles Bortz, A., Kostistky, H., Bar Noy, D., Filshtinsky, V., &
Theilla, M. (2018). Mental health nurse’s exposure to workplace violence
leads to job stress, which leads to reduced professional quality of
life. Frontiers in psychiatry, 9, 59.
Siuta, R. L., & Bergman, M. E. (2019). Sexual harassment in the workplace.
In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Business and Management.
Wong, A. H., Sabounchi, N. S., Roncallo, H. R., Ray, J. M., & Heckmann, R. (2022).
A qualitative system dynamics model for effects of workplace violence and clinician
burnout on agitation management in the emergency department. BMC health
services research, 22(1), 1-12
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