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An Exploration Of Nurse Educators' Knowledge, Attitudes And Practice Of Horizontal Violence Measured Through Dimensions Of Oppression, Brenda Berner Petersen
An Exploration Of Nurse Educators' Knowledge, Attitudes And Practice Of Horizontal Violence Measured Through Dimensions Of Oppression, Brenda Berner Petersen
Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)
There is a paradox in the profession of nursing. Although nursing is known as the caring profession, evidence demonstrates that nurses do not care well for their own. Literature demonstrates that the phenomenon of horizontal violence (HV) is an international problem in the nursing profession, which negatively affects the nurse workplace environment. HV is broadly described as aggressive destructive behavior and intergroup conflict that occurs between nurses. Where behaviors of HV exist, the workplace becomes a toxic environment or nurses (Woefle & McCaffrey, 2007).
This dissertation provides the results of a research study exploring nurse educator’s knowledge, attitudes and practices …