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    Lateral violence is a significant problem in nursing that involves bullying behaviors among colleagues. It can include physical, psychological, and emotional abuse. New nurses are especially vulnerable targets, and lateral violence contributes to high nurse turnover rates and poorer patient care. While lateral violence is difficult to eliminate completely, raising awareness through workshops and implementing zero tolerance policies have helped to lower its occurrence. Further research seeks to better understand the experiences of nurses dealing with lateral violence and identify additional strategies for prevention and handling incidents.

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    Lateral violence is a significant problem in nursing that involves bullying behaviors among colleagues. It can include physical, psychological, and emotional abuse. New nurses are especially vulnerable targets, and lateral violence contributes to high nurse turnover rates and poorer patient care. While lateral violence is difficult to eliminate completely, raising awareness through workshops and implementing zero tolerance policies have helped to lower its occurrence. Further research seeks to better understand the experiences of nurses dealing with lateral violence and identify additional strategies for prevention and handling incidents.

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    Lateral violence is a significant problem in nursing that involves bullying behaviors among colleagues. It can include physical, psychological, and emotional abuse. New nurses are especially vulnerable targets, and lateral violence contributes to high nurse turnover rates and poorer patient care. While lateral violence is difficult to eliminate completely, raising awareness through workshops and implementing zero tolerance policies have helped to lower its occurrence. Further research seeks to better understand the experiences of nurses dealing with lateral violence and identify additional strategies for prevention and handling incidents.

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    Lateral Violence in Nursing

    Jea Garcia
    UNC Charlotte

    Lateral Violence in Nursing


    Lateral violence is an ongoing problem in todays nursing field. It is an issue of targeted
    behavior towards another colleague based on authority and skills that transpire over time. Lateral
    violence affects nurses and can include physical, psychological, emotional, or sexual abuse
    (Rainford, Mullen, and Philipsen). It contributes to nurses leaving their profession and
    deterioration in quality of patient care (Lateral Violence and Bullying). Lateral Violence is
    inevitable but can certainly be limited by setting new regulations and raising awareness.
    Nurses, especially those who are new to the profession, are the ones likely to experience
    lateral violence. On a website that is for sharing stories of bullied nurses, most of them mention
    similar situations. It was always the experienced nurses who bullied new nurses about how they
    work. No matter what these nurses did, it was never good enough. Some stories even went as far
    as quitting the job and regretting ever going into the nursing field (Share Your Story). There
    were also nurses who did not know that lateral violence was an issue at the start of their
    profession and that bullying of nurses only came from doctors and patients, not other nurses.
    However, these nurses were quick to learn that this was not the case (Share Your Story).
    Bullying in the workplace also results in poor healthcare of patients. This is because of the lack
    of effective communications among nurses. Due to this, healthcare organizations pay millions in
    in medical errors from miscommunications or no communication at all (Harter and Moody). The
    knowledge of new nurses on lateral violence in the workplace is almost similar to that of the
    public. Not everyone knows exactly what lateral violence is and how it affects the people
    involved until they are exposed to it.
    Researchers and practitioners address lateral violence differently than the public.
    Practitioners deal with the situations directly, while researchers obtain the information regarding

    the problems, do the studies, and conclude statistics based on their findings. Practitioners share
    their stories of experiencing lateral violence or being the person in charge to comprise and make
    ends meet (Share Your Story). Researchers go in depth by reporting their findings to uncover the
    issues and ultimately find ways to solve or limit them. In a 2010 study, ninety-seven percent of
    the 1,428 nurses that were surveyed, reported that lateral violence was a common incident in the
    workplace (Wood). In another set of findings in 2004, sixty percent of new nursing graduates left
    their first position due to lateral violence (Harter and Moody). The sources go hand in hand in
    order to inform the public and those who are directly affected by lateral violence and essentially
    work together to spread awareness.
    The common occurrence of lateral violence has raised the eyebrows of medical
    institutions. To raise awareness of lateral violence, workshops with thousands of nurses
    attending, have been administered to enhance communication among nurses and essentially
    lower the amount of violence by expressing the impact of such behaviors (Ceravolo). These
    workshops are also first attended by managers and leaders in order for them to set beneficial
    examples for the nurses in their department. The impact of these workshops are significant as its
    turn-around rate is quite successful (Ceravolo). Another way that lateral violence has been
    limited is by implementing regulations on zero tolerance on bullying and violence. Some of these
    regulations have been included in the Code of Ethics for Nurses to exclaim the importance of the
    policy (Violence in the Workplace). Although lateral violence is inevitable, raising awareness
    and setting regulations have made a tremendous impact in lowering the rate of lateral violence.
    My research on this topic has raised my questions on the experiences of these situations
    and how they are handled on the spot as well as more ways to prevent it. If I were to pursue on a
    longer research, I would research more in depth on these circumstances. I would also interview

    my family members and others in the nursing field to get a primary source of their experiences in
    healthcare. Researching this topic has not changed my mind on my major. I certainly believe that
    the nursing field is right for me. As with many tribulations I have encountered in my life, I know
    I would also be able to overcome lateral violence in the future. However, it has made me aware
    of what I will most likely face as a nurse. I will now know to be prepared for these conditions to
    happen in the long run and have ways planned on how to react and go about it. This inquiry will
    assist me in the future on the research process. It will help me in making my papers flow better
    for the readers to better understand the content. Overall, this research process will be beneficial
    for the years to come at UNC Charlotte and beyond.

    References
    Ceravolo, D. (2012). Strengthening Communication to Overcome Lateral Violence. Retrieved
    October 26, 2016, from
    http://doculib.sru.edu/eres/docs/6890/strengthening_communication_to_overcome_lateral
    _violence.pdf
    Harter, N., & Moody, C. (n.d.). The Cost of Lateral Violence: All Pain and No Gain. Retrieved
    October 26, 2016, from
    http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.scnurses.org/resource/resmgr/imported/TheCostLateralVi
    olencefinal.pdf
    Lateral Violence and Bullying in Nursing. (2011). Retrieved October 30, 2016, from
    http://www.nursingworld.org/Mobile/Nursing-Factsheets/lateral-violence-and-bullyingin-nursing.html
    Rainford, W., Mullen, P., & Philipsen, N. (2015). The Disruptive Force of Lateral Violence in
    the Health ... Retrieved October 26, 2016, from http://www.npjournal.org/article/S15554155(14)00688-6/fulltext
    Share Your Story - In Hopes of Healing and Learning. Our Stories. (2012). Retrieved October
    26, 2016, from http://www.stopbullyingnurses.com/share-your-story/post/1824753
    Violence in the Workplace: Stop the Cycle - lms.rn.com. (2015, April 17). Retrieved October 26,
    2016, from https://lms.rn.com/getpdf.php/2094.pdf
    Wood, S. (2015). The Disruptive Force of Lateral Violence in the Health Care Setting. Retrieved
    October 26, 2016, from http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/840331_3

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