The most important day in your nursing career is the day you graduate. As new nurses, we look to the words of Florence Nightingale for guidance as we are called to respect all persons regardless of their background (Egeus, Leinung, 2013). Regardless of these significant words, nurses have failed to observe and carry them out, resulting in hostile work environments. When you ask others how a nurse should act, you expect to hear the words compassionate and caring, not cold, abrasive, disrespectful and violent. So why has a profession built on giving and caring acts, become one in which nurses treat each other with such negativity and abuse? This may seem harsh but the reality is, the way nurses treat one another has become
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Since the early 1950’s, “the term job satisfaction was viewed as the employees overall attitude toward their work” (Purpora, Blegen, 2015, p.2287). In using this definition to describe job satisfaction, any number of issues can effect an employee’s happiness with their job. Horizontal violence in nursing is a major issue that has negatively affected the profession. Purpora (2010), tells us that the cohesion and support among staff, along with interpersonal relationships, directly affect job satisfaction. When staff feel the support of others it leads to team unity, increased teamwork and overall productivity. The opposite is true when peer relations are strained from violence in the workplace. Nurses who are supported in their work are more apt to ask questions and collaborate regarding patient care, preventing errors and increasing patient safety and satisfaction. The opposite is true when nurses feel bullied and threatened. These nurses tend to become withdrawn, focusing on their aggressor and not their patients. In a study published in the Journal Of Clinical Nursing, 215 nurses were questioned regarding job satisfaction as it relates to horizontal violence in the work place. The average age of those interviewed was 46.3 with 91% of them being female. The results confirmed that job satisfaction and employee performance was directly related to coworker relationships, where positive relationships lead to good work environments and patient satisfaction. Negative relationships lead to nurses leaving positions and poor patient satisfaction. The nurses polled overwhelmingly agreed, the common denominator in horizontal violence is bullying. (Purpora,
Since the early 1950’s, “the term job satisfaction was viewed as the employees overall attitude toward their work” (Purpora, Blegen, 2015, p.2287). In using this definition to describe job satisfaction, any number of issues can effect an employee’s happiness with their job. Horizontal violence in nursing is a major issue that has negatively affected the profession. Purpora (2010), tells us that the cohesion and support among staff, along with interpersonal relationships, directly affect job satisfaction. When staff feel the support of others it leads to team unity, increased teamwork and overall productivity. The opposite is true when peer relations are strained from violence in the workplace. Nurses who are supported in their work are more apt to ask questions and collaborate regarding patient care, preventing errors and increasing patient safety and satisfaction. The opposite is true when nurses feel bullied and threatened. These nurses tend to become withdrawn, focusing on their aggressor and not their patients. In a study published in the Journal Of Clinical Nursing, 215 nurses were questioned regarding job satisfaction as it relates to horizontal violence in the work place. The average age of those interviewed was 46.3 with 91% of them being female. The results confirmed that job satisfaction and employee performance was directly related to coworker relationships, where positive relationships lead to good work environments and patient satisfaction. Negative relationships lead to nurses leaving positions and poor patient satisfaction. The nurses polled overwhelmingly agreed, the common denominator in horizontal violence is bullying. (Purpora,