Tag Archives: lateral violence

Nursing Trends: Bullying in the Workplace

Posted on April 19, 2012 by

A flurry of articles and blog posts have run across my vision lately, the latest of which is this one from nursezone.com (“ANA Aims at Stopping Workplace Bullying”). The ANA has released an entire publication devoted to this issue—Bullying in … Continue reading →

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“It’s Not My Job”

Posted on March 20, 2012 by

As busy nurses, we sometimes forget being new, either to a job or to nursing itself, and we adopt the mindset that mentoring or even helping someone out is not our job. It’s not in our job description, is it? … Continue reading →

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Bullying

Posted on December 7, 2011 by

One of the first things I heard in nursing school when I started clinicals was that “nurses eat their young.” I suppose it was intended as a helpful warning, but nobody who said it told me what it meant or … Continue reading →

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Blow the Whistle or Keep Your Mouth Shut?

Posted on October 21, 2011 by

Blow the Whistle or Keep Your Mouth Shut? I don’t think I’ve worked a single shift in a hospital without seeing something obviously unethical happen. The egregiousness of the ethical violation varies from almost negligible to stunningly inappropriate. I’ve complained … Continue reading →

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