Some patients were also made to shower with their clothes on. The program un-covered serious abuse within the Hospital and there was a public outcry. Several people wrote to the Prime Minster who was reportedly “appalled” by the findings. The national regulator Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) involvement, Ms Margaret Flynn was asked to investigate what was happening at the Hospital and undertake a Serious Case Review. Whilst investigating she spoke to patients, workers, NHS staff and family members and learnt that there was a high level of physical intervention by the staff and some of the patents very badly hurt with some seen to be self-harming.
One evening while working short, I heard a resident yelling. This struck me as odd because the patient did not communicate well at all. I went into the room and there was an aide punching and cussing at this lady. The lady happened to be one of my favorites so it really angered me when I saw this. I grabbed the aide and pinned her against the wall.
Imagine being a newly graduated nurse and landing a job on your dream unit. There is this one nurse who likes to taunts the new nurses. You began to realize that she does things to make you uneasy and you began to feel like the target of workplace bullying. Horizontal Violence has become a newly coined termed to further define the concept of bullying in the workplace. According to Becher and Visovsky (2012), Horizontal Violence is described as “an act of hostility that creates an undesirable work environment that weakens teamwork in the clinical setting”.
Yet, there exists in on-going trend of nurse-on-nurse violence within the workplace. Nurse-nurse violence or horizontal hostility is defined as “aggressive and destructive behavior of nurses against each other” (Woelfle & McCaffrey, 2007, p. 123). Such behaviors can include bullying, name-calling, intimidation, back stabbing, gossip, blaming, sarcasm, criticism, put-downs, belittling, sabotage, isolation, exclusion, fabrication, and so on (Bailey, 2013; Milton, 2009). The American Nurses Association (2013) provides nurses with a code of ethics; many of the provisions within the code are violated when these types of behaviors are exhibited. For example, provision 1 declares: “the nurse, in all professional relationships, practices with compassion and respect for the inherent dignity, worth and uniqueness of every individual…” (ANA, 2013).
“Burnout is a psychological experience that manifests itself in individual, particularly those involved in difficult person-to-person relationships as part of their work, such as nursing professionals (Hamaideh 1). Nurses in general are considered by some at a high risk for burnout because of they experience frequent interpersonal contact with their patients. Additional, there is a multitude of factors that can contribute to a nurse experiencing burnout. For example, a nurse with a large caseload, lower wages, and a weak support system is more likely to experience burnout and dissatisfaction with his or her job. Burnout can result in physical and psychological strain.
Nursing Leadership Style and Nurse Burnout Nursing Leadership Style and Nurse Burnout Nursing is a stressful and demanding profession. Nurses constantly faced with people’s problems, suffering and needs; puts the nursing profession at a high risk for burnout. Nursing leadership plays a significant role in how nurses feel about their work and handle patients (Kanste, 2008). Having worked on a cardiac telemetry unit, which was high stress with high patient turnover and dealing with a manger that was not approachable or visible, has made me realize that burnout was what I was experiencing. Leadership Style This article delves into the different types of leadership style such as transformational, transactional and laissez-faire and there effect on nurse burnout.
Every year a staggering 8.7 million women are abused by partners in their homes (Roberts, 2006). Violence among current or former intimate partners is pervasive in society. Between 22% and 35% of emergency room visits are due to symptoms or injuries related to ongoing physical abuse (Gilardi, 2005). Battered Women Syndrome refers to the physical and psychological effects of abuse, and describes a pattern of responses and perceptions presumed to be characteristic of women who have been subjected to continuous physical abuse by a partner (Gatowski, Dobbin, Richardson, Ginsburg, 1997). The definition of BWS speaks for itself.
Why Women Stay Created by Shelley Sewald~Survivor You notice your daughter has a bruised eye and a busted lip. You ask her what happened and she tells you that it was an accident. The next thing you tell her is to leave her husband. She doesn’t listen to you and the next time you seen her is in the hospital with broken ribs and a fractured skull. The most common crime against women is Domestic Violence.
Nurses are the single sickest people in the workforce due to stress. Making the decisions to become a nurse you know it is a high stress job and it is very important to know how to identify and manage your stress. It is important that you are able to identify a stressful situations and behaviors as a nurse. Having a stressful nurse can cause psychological and mental harm adversely affecting the delivery of the care of patients, it can also affect the health and attendance record of nurses. (Murray, pg.2) As a nurse you deal with a lot of physical, mental and emotional stress.
Is the Violence against Women Act (VAWA) an effective law to reduce domestic violence? Domestic violence is a type of abuse that affects many parts of our society. It involves injuring someone who is usually a spouse or partner but it can also be a parent, child or other family member. According to the article “ Who are the victims of Domestic Violence?”, It is the most common cause of injury to women ages 15 to 44, victims may suffer physical injuries such as bruises or broken bones, or they may suffer emotional injuries from depression, anxiety or even lose communication with their society. It is hard to know exactly how common domestic violence is, because people often don't report it.