Physician Verbal Abuse

work relationships in nursing to find a solution. The result of that investigation stated that horizontal violence in nursing is commonplace and experienced by nursing students, nurses with limited experience, and seasoned nurses equally.

In a profession where others' health and well-being are priority, there leaves room for neglect of those who are delegated to care for these people. As a professional nurse, there are many obstacles that arise and affect the care provided to a patient, as well as the livelihood of the nurse. The current deteriorating and unsafe staffing conditions in hospitals and other institutions prompts workplace advocacy as the universally appropriate concept for maintaining professional nursing practice.  Common

Nursing is a career that offers many benefits, but with it comes numerous controversies. A major controversy that is evident today is lateral violence in the workplace. Norris (2010) describes lateral violence as, “the act of threatening, humiliating, or actually inflicting physical, mental or emotional harm on a peer or group” (p. 1). This topic has become critical in the nursing field because it impacts a very large demographic. Lateral violence affects nurses, patients, and the healthcare system as a whole and there are many techniques being put in place to try and prevent its existence.

The article, A Philosophical-Ethical Analysis of the work of Hildegard E. Peplau, helped me understand how Peplau came up with the theory of Interpersonal Relations. In the 1930s and 1940’s doctors would not tolerate initiative from nurses. Women, in general, were greatly discriminated and they had to faithfully obey every doctors order. (Gastmans,1998) While Peplau recognized that the nurse fulfills an assisting function with respect to the doctor, she emphasized that we must pay attention to our patients reactions to their illness. This brought up a need for greater independence. Today’s nurses have more autonomy. Even though some may contradict we must remember that today we work under a license, and before we follow a doctors order we must use our judgement and advocate for our patients if we critically think something is not right. This proves that our profession has made a huge advancement.

Nursing working in these environments on a daily basis “may avoid asking questions or speaking up about unsafe behaviour for fear of being ridiculed” (IN TEXT CITATION, pg.) resulting in the cycle of increasing workplace violence. Nurses frequently report breakdowns in communication when they experience forms of horizontal violence. This may lead to medical errors; hospital-acquired infection and ineffective patient care causing decreased patient and staff satisfaction (IN TEXT CITATION). Nurses may experience bullying, lateral

The purpose of this paper is to discuss why nurses fail to speak up and become whistleblowers. Although reporting unethical and unprofessional conduct is an obligation for nurses, many nurses fail to report these issues because they fear the consequences of whistleblowing. Nurses who sound the alarm against poor practices stand to lose more than what they can gain. Exposing wrongful practices can result in a costly truth for nurses.

When people think about nurses, many ideas come to mind. They think of the hideous old starched, white uniforms, a doctor’s handmaiden, the sexy or naughty nurse, or a torturer. The media and society have manipulated the identity and role of nurses. None of these ideas truly portray nurses and what they do. Nurses are with the patients more than the doctors. People do not realize how little they will encounter the doctor in the hospital until they are actually in the hospital. People quickly realize how important nurses are. Because nurses interact with their patients constantly, nurses are the ones who know the patients best.

Nurses continually strive to bring holistic, efficient, and safe care to their patients. However, if the safety and well-being of the nurses are threatened or compromised, it is difficult for nurses to work effectively and efficiently. Therefore, the position of the American Nurses Association (ANA) advocate that every nursing professional have the right to work in a healthy work environment free of abusive behavior such as bullying, hostility, lateral abuse and violence, sexual harassment, intimidation, abuse of authority and position and reprisal for speaking out against abuses (American Nurses Association, 2012).

Despite the rapidly expanding volume of literature on lateral violence in the nursing profession, it is apparent that those behaviours still occur (Croft & Cash, 2012; Roberts, 2015). Lateral violence is a systemic problem that still persists among our nursing professionals despite previous attempts to address it. Lateral violence causes serious negative outcomes for nurses, their patients, and health care organizations (Brunt, 2011; Johnson & Rea, 2009) and needs to be efficiently addressed. The purpose of this article is to generate an understanding of horizontal violence in nursing and explore the negative outcomes so that effective strategies can be found to finally address this problem. This literature review will be of interest to leaders,

It is so important for nurses to be respected in the medical field, as we are a vital part of patient care. Many nurses are consulted about what

Lateral violence is described as a non-physical act occurring between individuals and is intended to hurt another person emotionally. It may be a secretive or noticeable act of verbal or non-verbal hostility. The actions can extend exterior to the place of work and can be perpetrated individually or in cyberspace. Within the nursing community, lateral violence is described as aggression behaviors amongst nurses. The most common forms of lateral violence in the nursing practice include: undermining actions, withholding information, interference, backbiting, incrimination, backstabbing, broken confidences, and failure to respect the privacy of another person. Workplace conflict leads to adverse impacts on registered nurses, patients, other

Carrol, Vicki (2003, March ). Verbal Abuse in the Workplace: How to protect yourself and help solve the problem. American Journal of Nursing Retrieved from

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On a daily basis there is a lot of thought and focus directed at these patients to assure they are getting quality medical care; you may have caught a medication error, made multiple phone calls, waited on hold for what seems like forever, waited on doctors, ran to another floor all to get a patient something they needed or wanted, or may the nurse noticed an important change in the patients status that could dramatically affect their outcome. Most times the patient does not see or not even know about these behind the scenes battles to ensure quality care. Conversely, most often, especially when considering a patient in the hospital setting, our perception is our reality. Patients often do not know the ins and outs of procedure and protocol and rely solely on their perception of the care they are receiving. Studies have shown that patients desire to be perceived and cared for as individuals. Lying in that bed waiting on a nurse for 20 minutes for pain medication may just translate into lack of care on the nurses’ part to the patient but in reality the nurse was caught in another room with a different patient with a situation he or she couldn’t walk away from. Often nurses are stressed which can also convey a certain harshness to patients. In other cases maybe the job has become so repetitive that the nurse

In my opinion, nursing is a profession requiring intelligence and compassion. It also requires the ability of applying psychology to the care of patients otherwise the results could be catastrophic. The degree and consistency of care that nurses give to their patients can both lead to a speedy and successfully recover or it can facilitate a tranquil death. I believe that nursing is a medical profession which deals closely with the care of patients and goes hand in hand with other medical professionals like physician, pharmacists, radiologists, physical therapists, dentists, etc. The American Nurses Association (2003) in its Nursing Social Policy Statement emphasizes the fact that nurses give care to sick people. In other words, nurses are care givers. Nurses also administer drugs prescribed by physicians and other health care providers. They too spend a lot of time with the patients and they are responsible for keeping an accurate and organized report about the patients’ medical condition and history. Looking back at my nursing experience, I recognize that my professional motivations and obligations to my patients, is guided by a personal philosophy that reflects my core values. I joined the nursing profession to provide compassionate care to those suffering the debilitating effects of illnesses. During my first patient care experience; working within a perinatologist’s office mostly among pregnant women from poor socioeconomic backgrounds; I embraced fairness,