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Bullying In Nursing, Amanda Vargas

Master of Science in Nursing Theses and Projects

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Nursing Workplace Incivility And Mindfulness, Cassandra Graham Gibson

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

Nurse incivility is currently prevalent in the nursing workplace. Incivility is described in the form of disrespectful attitudes and behaviors. Ethnic values may be ignored by those committing uncivil behaviors. Victims of incivility may not report uncivil incidents. Organizations and other stakeholders may discover difficulty in responding or exploring causative incivility behavior. Workplace incivility may be displayed as unsafe actions, nurse management errors, and staff dissatisfaction. Nursing staff may decide on resigning positions because of workplace incivility. Healthy, civil, caring workplace environments are imperative to patient and staff well-being.

Workplace incivility intervention may introduce a solution to uncivil behavior, rebuild …

Civility Promotion: How It Affects Workplace Incivility, Shawanda Lang

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

Incivility is also known as uncivil behavior, horizontal violence, or bullying. These terms are often used to describe the conduct an individual may display toward another that are deemed undesirable in healthcare organizations. Uncivil behavior has been an increasing topic in healthcare and has consequently gained the attention of organizations such as the American Nurses Association and regulatory agencies such as The Joint Commission. Incivility has the opportunity to affect teamwork, individual well-being, and patient safety. The aim of this project was to promote civility by bringing knowledge and awareness of the participants through an educational series. Although the pre …

Improving Workplace Incivility By Educating Frontline Nurse Leaders: The Charge Nurse, Temika Ford

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

The term workplace incivility is often replaced interchangeably with workplace bullying, horizontal/lateral violence, psychosocial harassment, intimidating behavior, and/or aggression (micro/macro). Workplace incivility in nursing has lasting effects on the profession through worsening the nursing shortage, contributing to low morale, negative working environments, safety issues for staff and patients, stress-related health problems, absenteeism, and decreased quality of patient care. Incivility can be from a variety of sources including: Nurse managers, clinical team leads, unit coordinators, physicians, patients, and other healthcare professionals. Buy-in by nursing executive leadership and evidence-based education for nurses is mandatory to address organizational incivility.

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Incivility In Nursing Education: An Intervention, Ruthanne Palumbo

Nursing Theses and Capstone Projects

Incivility in nursing education is an unfortunate phenomenon affecting nursing students. in all aspects of their educational experience. Students and their instructors are often ill equipped to deal with academic incivility and their lack of ability to handle such behaviors has proven detrimental to the future of the nursing profession. Nursing instructors need tools to help educate nursing students on how to recognize uncivil behaviors within themselves as well as others and ways to combat it. This Capstone Project addressed these aspects of academic incivility and implemented an e-learning module that was developed to educate students on incivility. The data …

Lateral Violence Experienced By Nurses In The Workplace, Alicia Hill

Nursing Theses and Capstone Projects

Lateral violence in the workplace is not uncommon. Not only is it costly to the healthcare facility, it is detrimental to the nurse's physical and mental health. Lateral violence also affects the quality of patient care and increases the risk of poor health outcomes. The purpose of this study was to determine if there is a relationship between caring behaviors in nurse managers and the amount of lateral violence experienced by nurses on the unit. Using a modified version of the Workplace Aggression Research Questionnaire (WAR-Q) and Watson's Caritas Leaders Score (WCLS) surveys were electronically sent to nurses at a …

Awareness Of Academic Incivility: Comparison Utilizing Second Year Associate Degree Nursing Students, Myra T. Thompson

Nursing Theses and Capstone Projects

Academic incivility is a growing concern on college campuses ranging from rude behaviors, offensive language, and cheating, to hostile violent behaviors. A quantitative descriptive design was used to compare the awareness of perceptions regarding academic incivility among fourth semester nursing students currently enrolled in a private, Christian, Baptist-related university, and a rural public community college. As evidenced in the literature, uncivil behaviors in the classroom negatively impact the teaching-learning environment. Research is limited regarding academic incivility in the private institution. An identifiable gap in research is found when comparing awareness of academic incivility among students who attend a private institution …

Registered Nurses Experience With And Perceived Effects Of Horizontal Violence, Reba B. Williams

Nursing Theses and Capstone Projects

The prevalence of horizontal violence in nursing has been well documented in the past 20 years. Recently the focus of the literature has been on developing strategies to prevent horizontal violence from occurring. The purpose of this exploratory descriptive study was to ascertain how Registered Nurses at one rural North Carolina hospital experienced and perceived horizontal violence. A "zero" tolerance policy was in place at the time of the study. The Nursing 2011 horizontal violence survey was used to examine a convenience sample of 40 nurses in this facility. The subjects were employed in seven different units throughout the hospital. …

Incivility Among Nurses - Prevalence And Impact, Nadin Knippschild

Nursing Theses and Capstone Projects

Incivility, horizontal violence, uncivil behavior or bullying are only a few terms used to describe the conduct one individual may display toward another that are undesirable in healthcare organizations and consequently gained the attention of regulatory agencies, such as The Joint Commission. Incivility adversely affects healthy work environments, impedes with patient safety and collaboration, has negative financial implications for organizations, and represents an ethical concern in nursing. The purpose of this study was to identify the overall prevalence as well as prevalence based on work areas. In addition, further aims were to examine the likelihood of the study participants calling …