Work Place Violence in Nursing

Horizontal violence in nursing.

Horizontal or lateral violence is considered an act of aggression among nursing professionals. Horizontal violence creates a negative work environment impairing teamwork and compromising patient care. The effects of horizontal violence and strategies for prevention and management are addressed.

Clinical violence in nursing students

BACKGROUND One of the significant issues in health studies is violence. Although violence against nurses has been recognized as a major occupational problem, its magnitude and extent is not clearly defined. The aim of this study was to determine the extent and types of violence during clinical training of nursing students. METHODS In this descriptive and cross-sectional study, 180 sophomores,...

Authenticity in Work Place Settings

Functions of psychological healthy work place' components in preventing of work-family conflict perception

Background: In today’s work settings, work-family conflict as a main stressor has become an important and influential factor as well as a strong predictor of various personal and work-related outcomes. Consequently, the main purpose of this research was to predict perceived work-family conflict through components of psychological healthy work place.   Methods: The study population included a...

[The nurse's work at a hospital supply center and his/her place in the care for nursing work].

This is a study on nurses' work at central supply units (CSUs) with the aim of analyzing his/her social reality and transforming role in the caring process in health and nursing. It's a strategic research, with speech analysis of CSU nurses. Results show that their main activity is management, in a structured process that confirms the traditional nursing practice, having as object the coordinat...