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Sadly Caught Up In The Moment: An Exploration Of Horizontal Violence

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It may surprise many student nurses that most horizontal violence in school and the workplace does not entail physical violence. New graduate nurses need an understanding of what horizontal violence is and have the skills to prepare them for the likelihood of being not just a victim of, but the perpetrator of this behavior. Intimidating behavior distracts from patient care and can ultimately place the patient at risk for harm. Recognizing the behaviors that are considered horizontal violence, showing respect for peers, and having the tools to intervene will foster positive working relationships and a safer patient environment. Most nurses don’t wake up in the morning with the intention of bullying their coworkers and likely don’t even realize when they are participating in destructive behaviors. The article “Sadly Caught up in the Moment: An Exploration of Horizontal Violence” (2012) provides a list of behaviors that constitute horizontal violence. The article discusses findings of how prevalent these behaviors are and how surprised the nurses surveyed were to discover that they themselves had either participated in or been victim of almost all …show more content…

Every person needs to purposefully look at themselves and focus on their own changes instead of looking for and focusing on the faults of others. They should ask themselves if the comment is pertinent to work and if it is showing respect for the person they are talking about. Every individual has something to offer and deserves respect. When focusing on the faults of others an individual is not accepting their own. The more people that refuse to participate in the behavior, the less acceptable it becomes and the negativity stands out as unacceptable instead of being the

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