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What Leaders and Employees Can Do To Eradicate Bullying in Healthcare

Bullying

What Leaders and Employees Can Do To Eradicate Bullying in Healthcare

There is an epidemic of bullying and incivility in healthcare, and it has to change. It not only affects morale and retention, but it also affects patient outcomes. A new nurse shared that she was...
Bullying

5 Strategies to Protect Yourself from Retaliation When You Confront a Bully

Bullying and incivility in healthcare are problems. We’ve ALL heard the phrase “nurses eat their young” yet bad behavior continues. Why? Dealing with human behavior versus clinical performance isn’t simple. It’s much easier to tell...
Bullying

Bullying: A Hidden Virus in Healthcare

Numerous studies show the negative impact bullying and incivility have on individuals, healthcare organizations, and patients. Just like a virus, bullying and incivility spread, leaving pain and suffering along their path. Rosentein and O’Daniel reported...
Bullying

Choosing the Wrong Friends May Be Dangerous to Your Career

Life isn’t meant to be lived alone. Not only do we need food and shelter to survive, but we also need socialization. In fact, the National Institute on Aging reports that positive interactions can reduce...
Bullying

Do You Train or Do You Fire?

For the last year, Janet wondered if she made the right decision by promoting one of her experienced nurses, Erik, into the assistant manager role. She selected Erik because he had a good relationship with...
Bullying

4 Ways to Deal with a Toxic Coworker

About 25 years ago I worked with a toxic individual. She bullied and knocked down those without power and kissed up to those with power. After this individual ruined many work lives (including my own),...
Professional Development

A Multi-Level Approach to Prevention of Violence Against Nurses

Did you know that from 2002 to 2013, incidents of serious workplace violence were approximately four times more common in healthcare than in private industry? In 2013, according to the United States Bureau of Labor...
Bullying

Addressing the Escalation of Violence in Healthcare

Violence in healthcare is an issue that The Healthy Workforce Institute takes seriously. Our mission is to create healthy workforce's within healthcare organizations by eliminating bullying and incivility and creating cultures of professionalism, caring, and respectful communication....