Horizontal Violence
Horizontal violence (workplace bullying) is an action directed by one peer toward another that is harmful, disrespectful, and devalues the worth of the recipient while denying them their basic human rights. Nonverbal behavior, such as ignoring a peer, verbal behavior, such as making sarcastic comments to them or talking behind their back, and/or physical acts like shoving someone or slamming things are all examples of horizontal violence.
Horizontal violence can have an effect on the quality of patient care as nursing is a team effort. The patient may not receive the quality of care due because of the horizontal violence victim being afraid to communicate with other members of the treatment team due to the feeling of low
Horizontal violence (workplace bullying) is an action directed by one peer toward another that is harmful, disrespectful, and devalues the worth of the recipient while denying them their basic human rights. Nonverbal behavior, such as ignoring a peer, verbal behavior, such as making sarcastic comments to them or talking behind their back, and/or physical acts like shoving someone or slamming things are all examples of horizontal violence.
Horizontal violence can have an effect on the quality of patient care as nursing is a team effort. The patient may not receive the quality of care due because of the horizontal violence victim being afraid to communicate with other members of the treatment team due to the feeling of low