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Bullying

How Nurse Bullying Chose Me

So many nurses ask me why I chose bullying as my area of focus, but I didn’t really choose a career in bullying. Nurse Bullying Chose Me. Just like many of you, I know what...
Bullying

How Bad is Bullying in Your Organization? Find out in 4 Simple Steps

Several years ago I attended an advisory board meeting. Our group, mostly hospital executives, started discussing how bullying had gotten out of hand in their organization. In the middle of our discussion, one executive interrupted,...
Bullying

How a Mentoring Culture Transforms a Bullying Culture

Recently a nurse confided in me, recalling her first days as a nurse. Becky found herself frazzled. She was new to the job, in the midst of a learning curve, and was having trouble keeping...
Bullying

The Wrong Way Leaders Respond to Toxic Employees

Amani has been working as an ICU nurse for decades and has a reputation for eating students, new nurses, and new physicians for breakfast! When employees are hired, they are often warned about Amani. When...
Bullying

How to Identify Low-Level Bullying Behavior

  Bullying Behavior   Maggie was warned about Karen when she started her new job on a cardio step-down unit. Karen had worked on the unit for decades and had a strong reputation as the...
Bullying

3 Steps to Stop a Bullying Boss

Jackie became the target of a bullying boss after just 3 months on her new job, working in the Emergency Room at a Level I Trauma Hospital. Jackie wasn’t a new nurse but this was...
Bullying

Targets, Witnesses, and Nurse Bullies

Nurse to nurse bullying is a problem. Nurse bullying is pervasive, destructive, and doesn’t belong in a profession dedicated to caring and compassion. Although nurse bullying is as old as our profession, it appears to...